Tuesday, June 28, 2022

Feed 'Em? Or Green 'Em??

The West has a dilemma.  Wanna bet on how it's resolved?

The European Union is divided on how to help poorer nations fight a growing food crisis and address shortages of fertilizers caused by the war in Ukraine, with some fearing a plan to invest in plants in Africa would clash with EU green goals....

When the EU and USA sanctioned Russia, the food problem became intense.

The EU has for weeks tried to help its poorer neighbours in Africa and the Middle East to weather the crisis by offering them fresh funds, while trying to convince them EU sanctions against Moscow and Minsk are not to be blamed for the food emergency.

At a summit of EU leaders later this week, the EU was planning a new initiative that would structurally decrease poorer nations’ reliance on Russian fertilisers by helping them develop their own fertiliser plants.

But at a meeting with EU envoys last week, the EU Commission explicitly opposed the text, warning that supporting fertiliser production in developing nations would be inconsistent with the EU energy and environment policies, officials said.

The production of chemical fertilisers has a big impact on the environment and requires large amounts of energy. However, they are crucially effective in boosting agriculture output....

Some of you will recall Congressional testimony about DDT. The Greens opposed DDT, making up wild stories about how it kills birds and other wildlife. Actual science never supported these lies, but Congress banned DDT anyway. When one Green "scientist" was testifying, a Congressman reminded him that a ban on DDT would leave tens of thousands of people in the Third World subject to malaria--a killer disease borne by mosquitos. The "scientist" remarked 'So what? They're just brown people.'

Nothing has changed, has it?  Bill Gates--and Adolf Hitler--would be proud.

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