The latest story on “green energy” here at the
German online FOCUS magazine actually shocked me. Europe’s energy policy is,
under the bottom line, costing the lives of tens of thousands of citizens – all
at the holy altar of “climate protection”. FOCUS reports: In 2014 in Europe there were about
40,000 winter deaths because millions of people were unable to pay for their
electric bills – the so-called energy poverty currently impacts about
ten percent of all Europeans. In the past 8 years the price of
electricity in Europe has climbed by an average of 42 percent. The consequences
of energy poverty are profound: tens of thousands of deaths every year,
millions losing their power.—Pierre Gosselin, No Tricks Zone, 29 March 2016……..
European global warming policies are hurting
the continent’s poor, according to a Manhattan Institute study published
Thursday. Europe has tried to fight global warming with cap-and-trade schemes
and lucrative financial support to green power since 2005. Though well-meaning,
the continent’s environmental efforts have only made life harder for Europe’s
poor. Between 2005 and 2014,
residential electricity rates on the continent increased by 63 percent
according to the study. European-style global warming policies hurt the
poor 1.4 to 4 times more than they hurt the rich, according to a study
by the National Bureau of Economic Research.—Andrew Follett, The Daily Caller, 25 March 2016…..
