In a development which should surprise absolutely nobody (with a brain and possessing the magic power of Logic), we have this shocking crisis:
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.
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.
…in trying to escape the much-prophesized “catastrophe” of Global Warming Climate Cooling Change©.
My favorite part of the report:
Thousands of new homes are also waiting to be connected, with some areas warned they may have to wait until the 2030s.
Imagine buying a new house and being told that you’ll be living in medieval style for the next five or six years. (The throngs of Muslim “refugees” from the Middle East and Africa might be able to cope, that situation being little different from back home; the sophisticated Dutch, much less so.)
What amazes me is that the practical and hard-headed Dutch fell for the climate change hoax in the first place. But perhaps it’s not so surprising given that the Dutch have always been supporters of the European Union; and we all know what fuckheads those Brussels-based bureaucrats are.
Well, maybe there’s a bright side. If enough Dutch get exasperated and leave, perhaps we can restore some rationality to Michigan.
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I hope they haven’t changed the windmill cookie design, I love those!
How would we force them to settle in Michigan? Holland, Michigan is a smallish town in the southwest of the state and we need them in Dearborn and Detroit.
My real concern is what will this electricity shortage do to the production of Grolsch beer? The article mentioned Groningen in reference to massive gas fields, so the energy for brewing the elixir should all be acceptably local to the enviros, but they do have some incomprehensible beef with using natural gas.