Wed Sep 7, 2022 – 6:15 pm EDT
(LifeSiteNews) – The president of the European Commission said citizens should “flatten the curve” of energy demand in light of Europe’s lack of electricity due to implementing extreme green policies as well as being cut off from Russian gas.
In a speech today, Ursula von der Leyen called for “mandatory” energy rationing throughout the entire EU bloc, using terms from the early days of the COVID crisis to get people to accept what in effect are climate lockdowns.
“During peak demand, the expensive gas comes into the market. So what we have to do is flatten the curve to avoid the peak demands, we will propose a mandatory target for reducing electricity use at peak hours and we will work very closely with the member states to achieve this,” von der Leyen said.
“These are tough times and they’re not over soon,” she added, noting that she is convinced “Europeans have the economic strength, the political will, and unity to keep the upper hand.”
Many EU states have for some time now implemented extreme green energy policies championed by the World Economic Forum (WEF), which many say have
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