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Nordstream was also shut last year in July. It's routine yearly maintenance so using that as an excuse why revenue fell in July 2022 compared to July 2021 is ridiculous.

Should get rid of that carbon tax for a start, even if for 6 months or so. Who get's that cash anyway ?

The E.U. are all over the place and do not have a clue how to sort problems that are very much of their own making in cohots with Germany and greens.

They came up with their marginal pricing policy where renewables get first shot at fulfilling the generation requirements, but get paid the same rate as the most expensive fuel. Even if that most expensive fuel is only providing 1% of requirements. It hasn`t resulted in a red cent saving for consumers, just massive profits for renewable energy companies.

Their taxonomy policy only added to the problem where it incentivised investment in renewables and disincentivised investment in any other energy source which resulted in under investment in fossil fuel R & D which is now biting as well. Too little and far too late they changed the rule on taxonomy to include gas and nuclear, but now just a few week after doing that they are again talking about capping nuclear. prices.

They are presently like headless chickens.. Same as they were wheat, complaining about a shortage because of 20 million tons tied up in Ukraine due to Russia`s war causing a global shortage, when their own policies had contributed by their ban on some pesticides resulting in less wheat being grown in the E.U. They have been led by the nose by German and greens. Past time they woke up and smelled the coffee

Well the green favored agriculture policy of organic farming that is also being pushed as part of this green agenda showed what happens when the rubber of reality hits the road of bullsh1t in Sri Lanka and they still do not seem to have learned anything.

They have been led so far down the road by Germany`s green agenda, (one we are still following even though Germany are not), that they have painted themselves in a corner and do not know which way to turn.

The green agenda will mean letting millions die of famine so we can maybe save millions of lives in the future.

I have never believed the green agenda to be nothing but an anti capitalist agenda.

Imagine telling farmers they must cut output so we can save the planet and the people, while parts of Asia and Africa starve , that's a very evil racist viewpoint.

They are not even anti-capitalism. If anything pro-capitalism attempting to use laws and coercion to force people into their preferred form of capitalism, purchasing gadgets and tech they approve of that are often produced contradictory to their own supposed beliefs.

Some of them are so batsh1t crazy they will only be happy if the Earth is wiped clean of humanity, "for the sake of the environment"

Basically in their present form they are a cult, and if we have learned anything from history it is the devastating ideological cults can do if allowed anywhere near State policy. If anyone thinks that an exaggeration, then they need only take a look at Sri Lanka and see how green policy on agriculture is working there.

Fetiliser plants completely shut off in Europe now, drought across many continents coupled with floods and alot of crop yeild will be down big time. This may manifest into next year as farmers will reduce animal numbers and will have way lower crop yeilds as there is an extreme possibility that come next march anday there may be no fertiliser to be got.

We went and stocked up this year for next year in the event that there (A) may be none and (B) if there is it will be double the price it is today.

Anyway I'm just giving my thoughts as a farmer and what I am hearing from fertiliser reps.

Food price is going to absolutely spiral out of control, you would think the EU would have learned by now about being over reliant on other nasty country's to supply our essentials. Instead the Germans want to push ahead with the mercursor deal. It bewilders me they are absolutely so far removed from the ground and how produce is actually grown.

oh Noes!

What do you mean by this?

It seems to be the noise it makes when selectively plucking articles to paint an all is well picture. They seem unable to see the irony in their unbalanced sharing of articles when arguing about the unbalanced sharing of articles on the other side. Ignoring any response or argument shared by others to instead continue sharing good news articles with an "oh Noes!".

I think it stems from them being unable to separate the war in Ukraine from this discussion and them considering anyone with anything at all negative to say about the economic outlook as against the cause currently ongoing in their head. 

Only bigots and fanatics think like this. There is only black and white for people like you and whoever does not fully and unquestionably subscribe to your view is the enemy.

Enjoy your asylum.