It couldn’t happen again, could it?
Environmentalists in Germany have succeeded in pushing through a law forcing farmers to eliminate 50% of their livestock, as part of the fight against global warming emissions (of course).
From Hot Air:
Farmers have been protesting the decision in the same way they recently did in the Netherlands this summer, but the initiative is moving forward beginning this year [italics added ]. . .
[T]he German Meat Industry Association has reported that the country will be facing a severe meat shortage by the time spring arrives and consumers should expect prices to skyrocket, potentially doubling in some cases. It would appear that some people in the German government have never heard of something called the law of supply and demand.
As you might expect, that will not be the only negative effect.
But on top of that, the domestic supply of natural fertilizer will be cut in half. . . The lack of natural fertilizers (i.e. manure) will force farmers to switch to more expensive artificial fertilizers. As a bonus to all of this badness and madness, the artificial fertilizers require the use of large amounts of ammonia (which is converted to urea), and all of that ammonia is produced via a process that requires the burning of significant amounts of natural gas, thereby negating much of the carbon reduction goals that are driving this decision.
If every environmental law and regulation in history were thought through entirely, none would have passed. The Greens know this, which is why they resort to trickery and lying to get their way.
But wait, it gets even better.
So to sum all of this up, in its efforts to reduce its carbon footprint, Germany will bankrupt many of its farmers, have less meat available for consumers who will be paying nearly twice as much for it, and they’ll significantly increase the amount of fossil fuels they burn. And all of this will be happening at a time when German consumers are already struggling with high rates of inflation and rising prices.
Hmm, rising prices and inflation in Germany: why does that ring a bell? Didn’t something like that occur before in Germany? If memory serves, it led to some unpleasantness. But that was then, wasn’t it?
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There were once liberals in the entertainment business who were actually funny (it was a long time ago), Terry Southern, Jules Feiffer, and Woody Allen come to mind. To that number, we should add singer-songwriter-MIT mathematician, satirist Tom Lehrer. One of his most scathing ditties concerned Germany, on an entirely different matter from the above of course, but as you may discern, it still resonates today.
Thanks to For What it’s Worth.
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