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Posted on 07/14/2025 6:08:58 AM PDT by Moltke
The Netherlands is rationing electricity as its overloaded power grid buckles under the pressure of rapid electrification and ambitious climate goals.
More than 11,900 businesses are stuck in a queue for access to the network, alongside public buildings including hospitals, schools and fire stations.
Thousands of new homes are also waiting to be connected, with some areas warned they may have to wait until the 2030s.
The crisis has emerged as the country scrambles to cut carbon emissions.
And now experts are warning that Britain, as well as Belgium and Germany, are all 'in trouble.'
The countries should 'definitely' see what is happening in the Netherlands as a warning, says Zsuzsanna Pató, from Brussels-based energy think tank RAP.
After shutting down production at the massive Groningen gas field last year, the Dutch government has pushed a fast transition to electric heating, solar power and battery storage.
But the national grid has failed to keep pace, creating widespread bottlenecks and driving up costs.
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Greenie idiocy is mainly based on false hopium, idiocy and stealing other persons’ money.
I laugh at their self-imposed difficulties.
Net Zero strikes again
Well Kermit did say “it’s not easy being green.”
There are about 5% of the folks in the Mid Atlantic grid that volunteer to be cut back in power when needed.
When that ultimately fails to preclude massive brown outs, the volunteer part of the program will be terminated.
All by design.
It will happen here in Texas as well.
The only question is whether this is spectacular incompetence and stupidity or intentional sabotage.
It seems that they do not teach the First and Second Laws of Thermodynamics anymore
The is the end result of letting the insane run the asylum....
Good! Stupid should hurt.
Stupid is, as stupid does!
Well, they based their policy on the sage advice of an emotional teenage girl. What could possibly go wrong?
Climate Goals = Insanity
I guess the only thing these countries have in common is their reliance on others for their carbon based fuel for energy.
Tell it to Nuland and Sullivan. They blew up your gas lines, then had Biden sign an executive order banning LNG sales to Europe. (Of which Biden had no knowledge of)
On a more serious note, this is what happens when all debate is shut down, fascist-like. Al Gore says Climate Change is “settled science”. Challenge that, and you will be shouted down.
So off the cliff we go.
Electricity comes from walls.
Food comes from shelves.
Exactly what is happening in California.
Just thought of this - given that we have “smart meters” now, the folks that vote for this crap should be identified and have their power cut first (when they do it in the US).
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