Naturally, the same idealistic idiots who set us down this pat | Alex Berenson

Naturally, the same idealistic idiots who set us down this path have the answer. More of the same, double-quick! Over at CNN, this genius wants “the massive expansion of renewable energy, storage technologies, hydrogen technologies, and smart grids.”

Great. Hydrogen technologies. Those will fix everything, in about 2050. In the meantime, just buy some candles and blankets for the ninas and the ragazzos, okay? They’ll understand, they’re suffering for the future!

None of this insanity will touch the World Economic Forum elites responsible for it, of course. They have private jets on the road, and generators at home.

You know who else it won’t touch much? Our friends in the People’s Republic of China. Xi and the boys have been building coal-fired electric plants faster than you can say tectonic shift global in global power. They now burn almost half the coal in the world. (True.)

Yeah, they’re pretty hedged against rising natural gas prices. Which is one less reason for them to care about Putin’s little adventure.

But Europe has some hard choices ahead. Even though energy prices are global, the United States is in slightly better shape, because our hydrocarbon industry is big and powerful enough that we haven’t gone as far down this road as the Europeans.

Still, this crisis spells trouble ahead. We need to manage the transition away from oil and coal very carefully - and stop blaming ourselves for a problem that is now centered in Beijing.

Of course, the elites won’t admit any of this. They’re blaming the weather, or Putin, or just doing their best to ignore it.

Make no mistake, Putin might still have gone after Ukraine if the Europeans hadn’t decided to try to live on windmills and Muesli. But ask yourself this: is it coincidence that he waited for the Germans to pull mothball those three nuclear plants before he got hot and heavy on the border? Right now, hard-core energy sanctions are off the table, and those are the only sanctions that might make the Russians pay attention.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions. And paying too much attention to Swedish teenagers. (8/8)