The West, at least as
exemplified by Europe, is in trouble. This is not a controversial statement.
Most pundits and regular folks alike agree on that. Neither is it a stretch
to state that the trouble is almost
entirely self-inflicted. Whether it’s dealing with massive immigration and
Islamic extremism/terrorism on the one hand or hyper-secularism on the other, there
clearly exists a crisis of confidence. A nearly omnipotent and virulent strain
of political-correctness smothers free speech and independent thought, and,
consequently, the ability to recognize and state the truth. This, and a general
lack of fortitude- and belief in their own institutions- has resulted in a
nearly total inability to protect or
preserve this, the most historic of continents.
Now,
however, it appears parts of the continent will literally go dark in the
near future. As winter temperatures take hold of much of Europe, brownouts may
too. This is because the higher the percentage of ‘renewable’- or ‘green’-
energy, the more difficult it is to manage power-transmission grids. Europe is
phasing out its coal-fired power stations, closing down nuclear power plants,
and deeply averse to ‘fracking’, instead banking heavily on wind farms and
solar installations to take up the slack. So far, this approach isn’t working.
Moreover,
utilities have reduced output from natural-gas-fired plants in response to
Europe’s economic slowdown, and the region’s aging thermal generators are being
retired from service, according to Bloomberg News. As it stands now, thirty
percent of Europe’s gas comes from Russia, half of that through the
Ukraine. (Another comforting statistic
for a continent that loves repeating its past mistakes of willful blindness and
irresolution. Napoleon? Nah, nothing to worry about. Hitler? Let him have the
Sudetenland, part of Czechoslovakia, Austria, etc., that’s logical…and all he
wants, I’m sure! He said so himself! Uncle
Joe Stalin? He’s earned the Baltic
states and eastern Europe…so many Soviets died in WWII, let him have it. What’s
the worst that could happen…he was our ally for crying out loud?!!).
And the
United States under its current “leadership” isn’t far behind.
Welcome
to the “Dark Ages- Part 2”. ( The first one lasted 524 years).
Settle
in for a long, cold, dark, winter.
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