EU Green Deal’s Risks To Europe’s Prosperity, Economic System and Democracy
By Paul Homewood
A reminder, if we needed it, that the EU lemmings are not far behind us in the race over the cliff!
An analysis published by Deutsche Bank sharply criticises the “dishonest debate” with which the EU is selling its “Green Deal” to the people of Europe. The massive risks of the project for prosperity, the economic system and democracy itself should not be concealed, but should be addressed openly.
Eric Heymann, a senior economist at Deutsche Bank Research, warns that Europe’s Green Deal and its goal of climate neutrality by 2050 threatens a European mega-crisis, leading to “noticeable loss of welfare and jobs”. And he warns: It won’t work without “a certain degree of eco-dictatorship”.
The analyst describes it as dubious that the Green Deal is being touted across the board as “a new growth strategy” which would allow the EU to become a “fair and prosperous society.” While this may look good on paper, Heymann writes, in order to achieve carbon neutral by 2050, Europe’s economy and its entire political and legal systems will have to be changed fundamentally.
For the time being, the revolutionary consequences of the EU’s climate agenda for everyday life are “still relatively abstract” and for most households “still acceptable.” Soon, however, the path towards climate neutrality will require drastic interventions in the choice of means of transport, the size of housing, the means of heating, the possession of electronic consumer goods, as well as restrictions in the consumption of meat and tropical fruits.
And he warns these restrictions and infringements will inevitably trigger “massive political resistance.”
Some parties will find arguments against strict climate protection policies if the latter lead to a significant increase in energy prices or to restrictions of personal freedom or ownership rights. And let us not fool ourselves: these parties will find voter support. At the EU level, there will be major conflicts about distribution, which may contribute to (further) divisions within the bloc. Are we ready to deal with this polarisation?
Full story here.
Everything here could have been written about the UK, and vice versa. The lack of any proper debate, concealment of the real costs, damage to jobs and prosperity, free markets, the green growth lie, and clampdowns on consumer choice.
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NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT 
“EU Green Deal’s Risks To Europe’s Prosperity, Economic System and Democracy”.
But….isn’t that it’s real intention?
Some excellent food for thought provided by the GWPF today, in particular Peter Foster’s spot on piece. It should be clear to all that the language and tactics used by the climatistas are identical to those used by the post modernists in their war on Western Society. This is no coincidence because the people behind all of this mayhem are the same and if not the exact same people then they are people with the same marxist/fascist ideological principles, and goals..
https://financialpost.com/opinion/peter-foster-sustainable-newspeak-by-2050?mc_cid=24866edf09&mc_eid=6e6c09ffcb
Nothing we haven’t been saying on here but it’s very powerful coming from DB. Will this get an airing in MSM? I won’t be looking very hard for it. BTW, the PDF won’t download for me. Anybody else having this problem?
Yes, I had the same problem, although it appears to be in German anyway
Works for me from link here and it’s in English.
https://www.dbresearch.com/PROD/RPS_EN-PROD/PROD0000000000513730/Konzept_%23_19%3A_What_we_must_do_to_rebuild.xhtml
Thanks MGN. This link takes you directly to the article (which, as you say, is in English): https://www.dbresearch.com/PROD/RPS_EN-PROD/PROD0000000000513749/Climate_neutrality%3A_Are_we_ready_for_an_honest_dis.pdf?undefined&realload=w8OTYuBCMKbpQPf4LNqPxPrPbNyi3iQ6hxIq62WROmmVxRwdJwRJqh5eLnTPJLFo71i8XeBDd9YS0upi/lEpCQ==
Perhaps when Mad Merkel finally goes Germany might wake from its slumber. She has ruined so much of her country.
BTW, I’m still looking for a link to long term historical data of rainfall which includes Canterbury. Any help would be appreciated.
Manston is the closest I could find for free, not very detailed either.
https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/pub/data/weather/uk/climate/stationdata/manstondata.txt
I think you will have to chance upon something in another report/paper or pay.
The nearest the Met Office has is Manston:
https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/pub/data/weather/uk/climate/stationdata/manstondata.txt
Thanks Paul and Mr Grim
“…and its goal of climate neutrality”
Say what??!!
Can anyone define ‘climate neutrality’?
Harry… Maybe Lord Nicholas Stern? He is Ambassador and leader of the Global CCS Institute…
“If we are to have any chance of stabilising our global temperature, we must stabilise concentrations and that means net-zero greenhouse gas emissions. The lower the emissions, and the faster we can achieve net-zero, the lower the temperature at which we can stabilise. We have already learnt that we must aim to stabilise at 1.5 degrees – any higher and we threaten our way of life. Higher again, the impacts become almost unthinkable.”
Climate neutrality is climate stabilization…keep the global temperature the same…a global thermostat held in place by massive carbon capture and burial??? Unthinkable and also undoable.
Thanks, BL. I remember the IPCC came up with a political – not scientific – 2 Deg target but then realised it would take too long to achieve: they wanted more immediate action so they could keep up the pressure. So it was changed to 1.5 Deg (I know, you know..).
Point is, Stern is a carpetbagger and, like many warmists, likes to fool people (not you!) that the 1.5 target is a scientifically proven number.
Can anyone define ‘climate neutrality’?
First you have to induce brain neutrality.
“these parties will find voter support”
That assumes that they will be permitted.
By the time this comes to pass Deben and his crooked cohorts will have made their pile and departed. Boris will be off writing his memoirs in a shepherd’s hut and breeding more little Borises and the country will be bankrupt
The National Grid Future Energy Scenarios said:
Two of their Net Zero scenarios have energy consumption falling from 1400TWh in 2019 to about 600TWh in 2030. That’s like having a 3 day week – but with zero energy consumption on the other 4 days.
Oops – not quite as soon as 2030 – at least until Gove makes another of his little announcements – but at least by 2050.
Pity that 1 through 5 won’t come anywhere near the cuts that are required. That is rather disingenuous by the FES.
In other words all become much, much poorer. And increase unemployment greatly.
Let’s see government maintain spending on the NHS when the economy is 15% smaller.
Let’s see 50% of young people still going to university when there are far fewer jobs and no need at all for Sports Studies or Gender Studies. Luxuries like pointless academics will disappear.
Sharing tools is linked to having to buy replacements. Same for loaning books.
“For the time being, the revolutionary consequences of the EU’s climate agenda for everyday life are “still relatively abstract” and for most households “still acceptable.” Slow and steady is being overtaken by reality. I don’t see people ever accepting reverting to middle age lifestyles. Especially when someone else is choosing the winners and losers based on ideology that necessitates condemnation of those who have earned a successful place in their society.
+1 very well put
The vast majority of people do as they are told. It is illegal for us to leave our homes without a reason the state approves of. 12 months ago no ody would have believed such a thing possible in the UK.
I listened to Cressida Dick being interviewed on R4 this morning talking about laws and regulations and at no point did the interviewer ask her if the ‘regulations’ she was quoting – going into the country to exercise, for instance – was a LAW or a regulation that the police could not legally enforce. And neither did Dick volunteer what the police could actually fine you for. If the police see you sitting alone on a park bench what is wrong with asking them, what LAW am I breaking?
How can anyone say it will require “dictatirship” and not say “and is therefore unacceptable and I oppose it”?
Doesn’t all this depend on whether CO2 affects the weather? An expression of the Climate Change Committee’s detached, metropolitan, ignorant, contemptuous, careless, unrealistic thinking is all that stuff about not being able to buy, sell, raise a mortgage on your house unless it conforms to some ill-defined ineffectual insulation standard. That’s gonna go down real well with the Red Wall. I’m inboard, Jack, I had cavity wall insulation 45 years ago!
My council has a laudable policy of helping those with inadequate/no domestic heating by offering a grant for gas central heating. When it comes to 3rd party new build, though, they’re going to start to specify electric-only heating, but then, they’ll not be paying for it.
‘warns that Europe’s Green Deal and its goal of climate neutrality by 2050 threatens a European mega-crisis, leading to “noticeable loss of welfare and jobs”.’
Whah.
The fossil fuel economy has lifted 80% of the world’s population from extreme poverty. 90% in 1820; 10% today.
Global net zero will KILL billions. ‘Welfare and jobs’ is trivial when you are dead.
This is a very interesting article that cuts to the very heart of the matter. At present in the UK the climate net zero has had very little impact on ordinary voters and what impact it has had has been disguised in green stealth taxes like the green levy on electricity. However in future years this net zero green agenda is going to bite harder and harder on ordinary electors. This will inevitably lead to new political groups forming who think the price is way too high and inevitably these groups will get traction with the electorate. Once this starts to happen, it will be interesting to see which of the current main political parties decided to break free from the Climate doomsayers first.
NTZ report on cause of European Grid hiccup.
“with an installed capacity of 57 GW wind energy, the available capacity was less than 1000 MW (as is well known, there is little sun even in January / ignored by politics).”
https://notrickszone.com/2021/01/12/europes-near-electricity-black-friday-was-triggered-in-france-due-to-polar-cold-wave/
For the attention of Paul Homewood. From Bristol, U.K.
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/call-bristol-mayor-resign-over-4879626
Last time I lent a power tool my neighbour wrecked my electric chainsaw in twenty minutes!