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Pandemonium: Energy Bills Force Europe’s Factories to Go Dark
« on: September 21, 2022, 10:10:47 am »
Pandemonium: Energy Bills Force Europe’s Factories to Go Dark
Murano furnace and pipe 2Written by Jo Nova

Spare a thought for glassmakers and tilers in Europe who can’t run on solar and wind powered furnaces.

There are companies that started business in the 1800s and survived two world wars but may not last the coming winter. It’s all changing so fast, they lament. With energy costs rising three to sixfold, the highest energy industries are folding. The first casualties were fertilizer, aluminium and zinc, and now in the second wave, the glass makers and tilers are coming undone, and with them, whole towns that support them will unravel too:

‘Crippling’ Energy Bills Force Europe’s Factories to Go Dark
Liz Alderman, The New York Times

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Re: Pandemonium: Energy Bills Force Europe’s Factories to Go Dark
« Reply #1 on: September 21, 2022, 10:12:41 am »
That is one way to meet emission goals.
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Re: Pandemonium: Energy Bills Force Europe’s Factories to Go Dark
« Reply #2 on: September 21, 2022, 10:34:55 am »
Isn't that their plan - to undo the Industrial Revolution and other modern progress made since 1492?
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