Here's some stories I haven't seen covered by CNN, Fox, etc. It appears Europe's push to do away with fossil fuels and even nuclear power has not worked out very well. All very predictable. Putin has done the world a favor. From netzerowatch.com:
1) UK faces 'catastrophe' after energy bills soar 80% amid warning price cap could hit £7,000
The Independent, 27 August 2022
2) Green Britain: Social care faces collapse as soaring energy prices push up costs almost tenfold, experts warn iNews, 26 August 2022
3) Net Zero bankrupts Britain
The Wall Street Journal, 27 August 2022
4) Middle earners need urgent help to survive energy crisis, Chancellor warns
The Daily Telegraph, 27 August 2022
5) Green Britain: Electric cars will be more expensive to run than petrol
The Daily Telegraph, 27 August 2022
6) Juliet Samuel: How governments and the cult of Net Zero wrecked the energy market
The Daily Telegraph, 27 August 2022
7) Tories in disarray over energy crisis as Truss urged to spell out plans to help
The Guardian, 26 August 2022
8) Forget showering, it's eat or heat for shocked Europeans hit by energy crisis
Reuters, 26 August 2022
9) EU calls emergency meeting amid 'energy war' with Russia and soaring gas prices
Forbes, 26 August 2022
10) Back to the dark ages: Germans are looking to firewood for energy as natural gas prices soar
Quartz, 26 August 2022
Peter Burrows
Silver City