Coal: Germany And The Greens -- January 14, 2023

Updates

January 16, 2023: this doesn't add anything to the conversation but the graphic is incredible and suggest scenes from Lord of the Rings. 

Original Post

Coal: in Germany, surges. Link here.

• 31% of electricity production now comes from coal
• was only 8% back in 2015
• Trump warned them
• country took advice from Greta
• and this is despite de-industrialization -- that's where you shut down industries to minimize electricity demand
• in photo below, police are clearing a German village "condemned" for coal mine
• police in riot gear evicting climate activists
• stones and fireworks were thrown at the police
• "the attacks on the police officers were 'not nice' but noted that most of the protest so far had been peaceful," said police spokesman. [I can't make this up.]
• but look at this: Germany's Green Party had to get on board with this decision to make it happen -- and they did
• we will see similar photo when US outlaws gas-burning stoves

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Yes, Virginia, The Dems Will Ban Your Gas-Burning Stove
The Wall Street Journal Editorial Staff

Link here. Note: this is not written by a crackpot right-wing nut. This is by The WSJ editorial staff, probably slightly to the left of middle, wrote this op-ed. 

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Eighty-Year-Old Red Fox Stole

Forty foxes.

Heirloom from Japanese great-grandmother.

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