{"id":318095,"date":"2024-04-16T07:46:59","date_gmt":"2024-04-16T05:46:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=318095"},"modified":"2024-04-16T07:47:02","modified_gmt":"2024-04-16T05:47:02","slug":"eco-loons-war-on-productive-working-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=318095","title":{"rendered":"Eco-Loons War on Productive Working\u00a0Class"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"482\" data-attachment-id=\"318109\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=318109\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/02.45901927.webp?fit=1280%2C853&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1280,853\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"02.45901927\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/02.45901927.webp?fit=723%2C482&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/02.45901927.webp?resize=723%2C482&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-318109\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/02.45901927.webp?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/02.45901927.webp?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/02.45901927.webp?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/02.45901927.webp?resize=1200%2C800&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/02.45901927.webp?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/rclutz.com\/2024\/04\/12\/eco-loons-war-on-productive-working-class\/\">Science Matters<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/rclutz.com\/author\/ronaldrc\/\">Ron Clutz<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"257\" height=\"299\" data-attachment-id=\"318097\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=318097\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image-203.png?fit=257%2C299&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"257,299\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-203\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image-203.png?fit=257%2C299&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image-203.png?resize=257%2C299&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-318097\" style=\"width:311px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Brendan O\u2019Neill writes at Spiked<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spiked-online.com\/2024\/04\/08\/gretas-class-war\/\"><strong>&nbsp;Greta\u2019s class war.<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp; Excerpts in italics with my bolds and added images.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#e81515\" class=\"has-inline-color\">The green ideology is the enemy of working people.<\/mark><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>It was like a case study in indifference. There was<strong>&nbsp;privileged Gen Zer Greta Thunberg and other Euro eco-brats<\/strong>&nbsp;smiling and flicking peace signs as they<strong>&nbsp;called on the Dutch government to stop subsidising fossil-fuel companies<\/strong>. Meanwhile, the<strong>&nbsp;Dutch people<\/strong>, very few of whom are the offspring of opera singers with the ear of the world media,&nbsp;<strong>are suffering one of the largest spikes in energy prices<\/strong>&nbsp;in all of Europe. Their bills are through the roof. They\u2019re reeling from the \u2018pain of high energy costs\u2019, as some in the media describe it.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#e81515\" class=\"has-inline-color\">And yet in sweeps giggling Greta and her barmy eco-army<br>to agitate for less government backing for energy production,<br>which would likely hike the price even more.<\/mark><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Rarely has the<strong>&nbsp;blinkered vanity, the sheer social apathy, of the green movement<\/strong>&nbsp;been so&nbsp;<strong>starkly illustrated<\/strong>. It was on Saturday that Greta and chums made their haughty demands of the Dutch government. In a protest at The Hague, hundreds of supporters of the upper-class<strong>&nbsp;death cult Extinction Rebellion<\/strong>&nbsp;marched behind a banner saying \u2018STOP FOSSIL SUBSIDIES\u2019. Some of the more spirited of these marchers against modernity, including Greta, broke away from the protest and&nbsp;<strong>headed to the A12 highway with the intention of blocking it<\/strong>. Because apparently it\u2019s not enough to hit the pockets of the good people of the Netherlands \u2013 no, you have to ruin their weekend travel plans, too.&nbsp;<strong>Cops intervened and Greta and others were arrested for the crime of impeding a highway.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"407\" data-attachment-id=\"318099\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=318099\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image-204.png?fit=780%2C439&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"780,439\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-204\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image-204.png?fit=723%2C407&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image-204.png?resize=723%2C407&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-318099\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image-204.png?w=780&amp;ssl=1 780w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image-204.png?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image-204.png?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>The press is full of gushing reports of Greta\u2019s arrest. T<\/strong>he BBC features an image of its favourite prophetess of doom yelling something as ticked-off cops drag her away. Our heroine only wanted to \u2018block\u2026 a main road\u2019 in protest against the \u2018Dutch government\u2019s tax concessions for companies connected to the fossil-fuel industry\u2019, the Beeb says. What&nbsp;<strong>a turnaround from its reporting on the revolting Dutch farmers who also blocked highways,<\/strong>&nbsp;though in their case in opposition to lunatic Net Zero policies rather than in favour of them. Back then, the BBC said farmers had \u2018clogged up\u2019 roads and \u2018snarled up motorways\u2019 and created an \u2018unsafe situation\u2019.<strong>&nbsp;So when workers hold up highways, it\u2019s horrifying, yet when time-rich right-on youths do it, it\u2019s heroic? We see you, BBC.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#e81515\" class=\"has-inline-color\">The truth is there was nothing admirable about<br>Greta\u2019s latest temper tantrum over fossil fuels.<\/mark><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" data-attachment-id=\"318101\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=318101\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image-205.png?fit=700%2C394&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"700,394\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-205\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image-205.png?fit=700%2C394&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image-205.png?resize=700%2C394&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-318101\" style=\"width:760px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image-205.png?w=700&amp;ssl=1 700w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image-205.png?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>A phrase like \u2018fossil-fuel subsidies\u2019 seems designed to get polite society gagging on its muesli, but what exactly are they?&nbsp;<strong>Essentially, they\u2019re tax breaks<\/strong>&nbsp;from the Dutch government that&nbsp;<strong>make it cheaper for big companies to produce and use energy from oil, gas and coal.<\/strong>&nbsp;The biggest winner is the Dutch shipping industry, which benefits by around \u20ac6.7 billion. Call me a raging leftist, but it seems a<strong>&nbsp;good idea to me for the government to assist an industry that employs tens of thousands<\/strong>&nbsp;of people and contributes just shy of five per cent to Dutch GDP.<strong>&nbsp;Electricity generation is<\/strong>&nbsp;another big winner,&nbsp;<strong>benefitting to the tune of \u20ac5.3 billion.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Yes, electricity generation. Just think about this. In an energy crisis, Greta and Co are screaming in the streets about government assistance for\u2026 energy production! As the Dutch people, like others in Europe, look with fear and bewilderment at their<strong>&nbsp;ever-spiralling energy bills, noisy greens want the government to desubsidise companies that make energy.<\/strong>&nbsp;You don\u2019t need a PhD in economics to see what the outcome would be \u2013 more cost offsetting to consumers, higher bills, greater angst.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Haven\u2019t the Dutch suffered enough in the energy crisis already? Although it is being forecast that Dutch people\u2019s energy bills will improve a little this year, for a while they were paying the most out of all EU member states. In 2023, they were stumping up \u20ac47.5 per 100 kWh, compared with an EU average of \u20ac28.9 per 100 kWh. It was the&nbsp;<strong>Netherlands\u2019 over-reliance on gas imports, including from Russia, that plunged it into this crisis following the outbreak of war in Ukraine.<\/strong>&nbsp;And it responded by&nbsp;<strong>lifting the cap on energy production at coal-fired power plants<\/strong>&nbsp;and reversing its plans to cut back on gas production. To most folk, this will sound eminently sensible.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#e81515\" class=\"has-inline-color\">To eco-cranks, however, it is intolerable and the Dutch government must<br>at once stop subsidising such planet-mauling activities.<br>Seriously, why does anyone listen to these fruitcakes?<\/mark><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"630\" height=\"433\" data-attachment-id=\"318102\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=318102\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image-206.png?fit=630%2C433&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"630,433\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-206\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image-206.png?fit=630%2C433&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image-206.png?resize=630%2C433&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-318102\" style=\"width:760px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image-206.png?w=630&amp;ssl=1 630w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image-206.png?resize=300%2C206&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>To me, it is wild that people would protest against energy production during an energy crisis. That they would have a fit of the vapours over energy subsidies, coal use and gas exploration at a time when people are struggling to keep the lights on. It\u2019s not just dumb \u2013 it\u2019s cruel.<strong>&nbsp;Imagine how out of touch with ordinary people\u2019s concerns you would need to be to swan into a country experiencing a severe energy crisis and essentially say: \u2018Stop supporting energy production.\u2019 What was Greta thinking?<\/strong>&nbsp;She\u2019s become a globetrotting enemy of progress, popping up all over the place to demand that we turn off the lights and don a hairshirt in keeping with&nbsp;<strong>her dystopian dream of restoring a pre-capitalist idyll that never actually existed.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#e81515\" class=\"has-inline-color\">It\u2019s not just Greta, of course. The entire green ideology<br>is a menace to working people.<\/mark><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"692\" height=\"208\" data-attachment-id=\"318104\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=318104\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image-207.png?fit=692%2C208&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"692,208\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-207\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image-207.png?fit=692%2C208&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image-207.png?resize=692%2C208&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-318104\" style=\"width:760px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image-207.png?w=692&amp;ssl=1 692w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image-207.png?resize=300%2C90&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 692px) 100vw, 692px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Climate-change alarmism is\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spiked-online.com\/2024\/02\/27\/net-zero-is-a-war-on-the-working-class\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">an unspoken class war<\/a>\u00a0in which the well-off and borderline aristocratic<\/strong>\u00a0while away their days\u00a0<strong>bemoaning<\/strong>\u00a0the evils of\u00a0<strong>the Industrial Revolution that liberated the rest of us<\/strong>\u00a0from grinding poverty. Whether these Gretas, Poppies and Edreds are demanding less energy production, fewer cars on the roads, no more cheap flights or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spiked-online.com\/2023\/04\/18\/the-irrationality-of-just-stop-oil\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">just ruining the snooker<\/a>, the end result is the same:\u00a0<strong>working people\u2019s living standards and leisure pursuits are put in the crosshairs.<\/strong>\u00a0More than\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eesi.org\/topics\/fossil-fuels\/description#:~:text=Fossil%20fuels%E2%80%94including%20coal%2C%20oil,percent%20of%20the%20world%27s%20energy.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">80 per cent of the world\u2019s energy comes from fossil fuels<\/a>. The fossil-fuel phaseout that\u00a0<strong>Greta and the rest<\/strong>\u00a0dream about would plunge the world\u2019s workers and poor into unimaginable penury. These people\u00a0<strong>claim to be waging war on apocalypse but really they threaten to bring one about.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"511\" data-attachment-id=\"318105\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=318105\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image-208.png?fit=1754%2C1240&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1754,1240\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-208\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image-208.png?fit=723%2C511&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image-208.png?resize=723%2C511&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-318105\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image-208.png?resize=1024%2C724&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image-208.png?resize=300%2C212&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image-208.png?resize=768%2C543&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image-208.png?resize=1536%2C1086&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image-208.png?resize=1200%2C848&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image-208.png?w=1754&amp;ssl=1 1754w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image-208.png?w=1446&amp;ssl=1 1446w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>I far prefer the uprising of the Netherlands\u2019 farmers. And other<strong>&nbsp;European farmers.<\/strong>&nbsp;They&nbsp;<strong>block roads in service of a cause that is the precise moral opposite of the luxuriant apocalypticism of the spoilt activist class<\/strong>. Namely, the protection of jobs and living standards from the religious fever of Net Zero. The&nbsp;<strong>insistence that food production not be undermined by the climate-change targets of out-of-touch Euro elites.<\/strong>&nbsp;The improvement of the lot of workers rather than the further immiseration of them in the phoney name of \u2018saving the planet\u2019.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#e81515\" class=\"has-inline-color\">There\u2019s a class war being waged on the streets of Europe,<br>with postmodern eco-loons on one side and<br>actually productive people on the other. 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