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Obviously, the people pushing this won’t be cutting down on their own travel, which usually includes private jets and large limo SUVs (via Climate Depot)

Brussels says Europeans should consider traveling less to avoid energy shortages

The European Commission is asking member countries to consider cutting back on oil and gas use, especially in the transport sector, in preparation for “prolonged disruption” to energy supplies from the Iran war.

The request, made by EU energy chief Dan Jørgensen, reflects fears that the conflict in the Persian Gulf is graduating from a price problem to an all-out energy supply crisis, with serious implications for the global economy.

In a letter to national energy ministers, seen by POLITICO, Jørgensen said that national governments should consider “voluntary demand saving measures … with particular attention to the transport sector.”

That could mean governments asking citizens to drive or fly less to save fuel for more essential purposes, as is already happening in some Asian countries.

European energy ministers will hold an emergency meeting Tuesday to discuss how to address the energy crisis.

And how soon till asking becomes demanding? Kinda forcing citizens to live the Warmist life, just like during COVID. As a sidebar, the European Union and their Commission was never, ever meant to be this powerful. It was never meant to be a central government for European member nations.

In his letter, Jørgensen said Europe’s transport sector faces rising costs and supply shortages due to the industry’s heavy reliance on the Persian Gulf, which the EU relied on for over 40 percent of its jet fuel and diesel imports.

“Member States should refrain from taking measures that may increase fuel consumption, limit the free flow of petroleum products or disincentivize EU refinery output,” Jørgensen said. He added that countries should consider the cross-border impact of national measures to preserve “EU-wide coherence.”

What, you mean all those windmills and solar panels aren’t providing energy? Huh. Maybe the EU nations should have been digging for petroleum and natural gas, building nuclear plants instead of going full climate cult.

Activists fear long term shift to coal, as Italy, Germany talk of keeping coal plants open for years now…

The trend is spreading. Coal, the stranded asset of a bygone era, is hot property again everywhere. All it took was a few weeks of an energy crisis, and decades of brainwashing against coal is evaporating.

On Friday, I wrote about how countries like Japan, Korea, and India were redirecting themselves towards coal power. Now Bloomberg, Fortune, and others are reporting this trend. As I write, Italy is considering delaying the closure of all its coal plants til 2038, Germany is reopening old coal plants. Thailand is restarting two coal plants it only shut down last year. Bangladesh is going to run its coal plants at max capacity all summer.

And the Ecoworriers are starting to fear this crisis will trigger a more permanent  shift back to coal — which it absolutely will — not because of ‘sunk costs’ or any of the other excuses the greenies tell themselves, but because the oil crisis will break the sacred exorcism spell cast upon coal. Governments have been shocked at how vulnerable they are without fossil fuel energy.

Now, remember, I’ve said many times I am not a fan of coal, it is dirty, and not from CO2, what they call carbon pollution. Perhaps if the idiot cult nations had worked more on natural gas and petroleum, along with nuclear, they wouldn’t have to resort to super easy coal. Read the rest.