OPINION: European green energy fiasco is a terrifying warning for US this winter
NEWis hardly paying off for European families who face startling energy blackouts this winter amid a dangerous energy crisis. The energy shortage is largely due to an over reliance on solar and wind generated power made worse by Europe’s 2015 Paris Climate Accord agreement, which mandated the closing of coal-fired power plants and replacing them with less reliable wind and solar power alternatives. cause unnecessary suffering, financial strain and even illness among the most vulnerable.
Coal continues to be an important energy source in the UK, although it has been almost banned. Will the same happen in the U.S.? FILE: The cooling towers at the Stanton Energy Center, a coal-fired power plant, are seen in Orlando. Ordinarily, Europe sees an increase in winter deaths but over 100,000 Europeans could die from high energy prices this winter, according to a study by The Economist magazine. If each country experiences its coldest winter since 2000, the death toll could rise to 185,000. But even if the temperatures remain at usual levels, 147,000 more people could die from cold-related illnesses than if the electricity costs stayed at 2015-2019 averages.
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