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Op-Ed: The EU Faces a Big Energy Problem - Will the US Learn Its Lesson?

 By Guy Mitchell
  February 3, 2023 at 6:11pm
“Economically, this agreement is the equivalent of a one-way street.” — Bill Clinton, October 2000

The Industrial Revolution began in England in the late 18th century with the advent of new manufacturing materials (iron and steel), new energy sources (coal, petroleum and electricity), the invention of new machinery and the factory system. It spread to Belgium, then France and later to Germany and the rest of Europe. It created a new paradigm for economic growth, prosperity for the populace, and the creation of wealth for nations.

Now, almost 300 years later, it appears that there could be a counter-revolution: the deindustrialization of Europe.

https://www.westernjournal.com/op-ed-eu-faces-big-energy-problem-will-us-learn-lesson/
The unity of government which constitutes you one people is also now dear to you. It is justly so, for it is a main pillar in the edifice of your real independence, the support of your tranquility at home, your peace abroad; of your safety; of your prosperity; of that very liberty which you so highly prize. But as it is easy to foresee that, from different causes and from different quarters, much pains will be taken, many artifices employed to weaken in your minds the conviction of this truth.  George Washington - Farewell Address