{"id":258567,"date":"2023-05-22T10:00:23","date_gmt":"2023-05-22T08:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=258567"},"modified":"2023-05-22T10:00:26","modified_gmt":"2023-05-22T08:00:26","slug":"david-blackmon-the-eu-chief-just-let-slip-the-dirty-secret-behind-the-green-transition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=258567","title":{"rendered":"DAVID BLACKMON: The EU Chief Just Let Slip The Dirty Secret Behind The \u2018Green\u2019 Transition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From The DAILY CALLER<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By DAVID BLACKMON<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In a May 15 speech<\/a> to an EU-sponsored event appropriately titled \u201cThe Beyond Growth Conference,\u201d European Commission President Ursula Von Der Leyen said out loud what the climate alarm movement has been trying to keep under wraps for a decade: That economic de-growth enforced by authoritarian governments is a fundamental element of its agenda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Von Der Leyen didn\u2019t blurt it right out, of course: It was all couched in carefully written code words and phrases, but a close reading of her speech leaves no real room for doubt about the message. In her view \u2014 and apparently the view of the European Parliament \u2014 the time for economic de-growth has come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI today want to concentrate on one point, and that is a point that the report got right beyond any doubt: That is the clear message that a growth model centred on fossil fuels is simply obsolete,\u201d Von Der Leyen told her rapt audience, before moving onto a reference to the\u00a0Club of Rome<\/a>, and its famous 1972 report titled \u201cLimits to Growth.\u201d That report has served as a basic handbook for the de-growth movement ever since.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c50 years ago,\u201d she continues, \u201cthe Club of Rome could not completely envisage, for example, the potential of green hydrogen. It could not envisage that we might drive today\u2019s electric cars. It might not be able to see the future we would have, for example with batteries from which we can recycle 95% of lithium, nickel and cobalt. It is not the daily procedure today, but we are able to do it. But already 50 years ago, the \u2018Limits to Growth\u2019 report acknowledged that while fossil-based growth was unbearable for the planet, humanity could devise a different growth model \u2018that is sustainable far into the future.\u2019\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Having laid that groundwork, Von Der Leyen then moved into a code-word filled admission that the movement is all about promoting an authoritarian form of socialism, repeatedly referring to what she dubs Europe\u2019s \u201csocial market economy,\u201d i.e., an economy that is centrally planned. So intent is she on embedding this terminology into the EU collective\u2019s hive mind that she deploys it five times across roughly 150 words:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur compass in this endeavour are the long-standing values \u2013 the true values, if you get it right \u2013 of the European\u00a0social market economy<\/em>. Our\u00a0social market economy<\/em>\u00a0was never exclusively about economic growth. It was always about human development. It never had the sole goal of market efficiency and liberalisation. To the contrary: The\u00a0social market economy<\/em>\u00a0functions in the interest of the worker and the community. It opens opportunities, also to set very clear limits. It rewards performance but also guarantees protection for the big risks in life. Beyond growth, it focuses on public goods such as healthcare, education and skills, workers\u2019 rights, personal security, civic engagement and governance \u2013 good governance. Our\u00a0social market economy<\/em>, if you get it right, encourages everyone to excel, but it also takes care of our fragility as human beings. The values of the\u00a0social market economy<\/em>\u00a0have driven us since the beginning of this Commission\u2019s mandate.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But this gets better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In almost her next breath, she goes onto frankly admit that her government\u2019s response to the COVID-19 pandemic was not about public health, but about what the World Economic Forum refers to as \u201cThe Great Reset,\u201d an effort to transform economies based in free markets to controlled systems managed by authoritarian governments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFirst, when the pandemic hit us. Our Recovery Plan, NextGenerationEU, has focused not only on restarting our economic activities after the lockdowns but also on\u00a0transforming our economic model<\/em>. With a push to decarbonising industries, energy and transport. With an emphasis on digital skills and digital infrastructure. With new investments for schools and hospitals.\u00a0Beyond growth<\/em>, NextGenerationEU\u00a0takes care of\u00a0<\/em>the next generation\u2019s future.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See? It isn\u2019t just about an authoritarian group of government central planners managing every facet of your daily lives, it\u2019s about their desire to \u201ctake care\u201d of you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Though couched in carefully-coded language, this speech is a pretty frank admission that what these western governments have put their populations through since 2020 has been about one thing: control, and forcing all of us to live smaller and less prosperous lives under the yoke of an authoritarian system of government. In 2020, the rationale for all of it was COVID-19; today, the rationale is climate change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before Monday, de-growth had been the quiet part of the energy transition movement. After Von Der Leyen\u2019s speech, it seems about to become the centerpiece.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What an extraordinary speech it was.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

David Blackmon is an energy writer and consultant based in Texas. He spent 40 years in the oil and gas business, where he specialized in public policy and communications.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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