Following President Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Paris Climate Accord, a number of other nations have quietly begun ignoring the Paris energy goals, according to a new report out of Canada.
I can't help but wonder. Are these nations using Trump's withdrawal as an excuse? The Breitbart article mainly deals with how Paris signatory nations are not living up the agreement and how "global warming enthusiasts" are losing elections. But the section of the article which I enjoyed the most, due to my Polish heritage, would have to be this:
Late last year, to their national embarrassment, the Germans had to be bailed out of a small energy crisis by Poland when the wind failed to blow for several days and a thick fog surrounded many parts of Germany, driving the output from renewables to just 4 percent of total demand. It was coal-fueled Poland that had to rescue Germany from its self-induced energy crisis.
Considering that World War II (or at least the European phase thereof) was started by the German invasion of Poland, and the current demand by the Polish government for reparations from that war, I can't help but enjoy the historical irony. Good thing for Germany that European nations generally get along better these days. The trouble with renewables is that they literally depend on the weather. (My spellcheck does not like the word "renewables", but has no problem if I remove the final "s".)
Read the full story, and read Teach's post for his commentary, at the first link above.
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