The “green initiative” that has been touted by developed nations, especially within the 21st century does seem like a noble cause. If scientists are right and the earth does seem to be getting warmer and we are all going to die from “climate change” due to our inability to go green, well I am all for it.
On the other side, we must not be naïve to think that going green can solve the world’s climate change problems or that going green is good for everyone.
Ironically today, it’s comedic to see the same Europeans who virtue signal to the rest of the world along with the United States and other western states on how to live, rolling back on their energy plans and firing up the “dirty coal engine” once again.
As the war continues in Ukraine, you are starting to see countries such as Germany, Poland, and others digging deep into old traditions of using coal which is deemed to be bad for the environment.
As for Germany, it’s obvious that using coal will not be enough to shake off the energy shock of a reduction in Russian energy which was fundamental for the German industrial complex. It gave them the ability to create a manufacturing base that is fundamental for their economic growth.
Despite their initiatives to wean off gas and oil which is deemed to be dirty, it’s the same gas and oil that is causing panic among the political elites in Germany.
It will be an interesting winter for them. But I never wrote this article to talk about first-world problems. It’s specifically about developing nations which is being forced to follow the green agenda.
I find these moves quite cynical. You have large countries, particularly from the west going around the world telling developing countries that they need to wean off gas and oil which was instrumental to the growth of those same developed nations.
If it wasn’t for dirty oil and gas, Britain and America would never have had any large-scale industrial revolution. Every country has its own level of maturity or let’s say growth. You have developing countries such as India which needs cheap gas and oil in order for them to keep their economy running.
You have African and Latin American countries that need cheap oil and gas. This globalist initiative being conjured up in meetings might seem reasonable on paper but is detached from the reality on the ground.
The sentiment on the ground is much different. I see it as another means of trying to control developing nations that are just starting to see a glimmer of light after centuries of slow or no growth.
It’s another one of those schemes which are similar to what we saw during the “pandemic”. From an economic point of view, going green is not even plausible anytime soon, even if the technology involved might be there, the dispersion of it is not quite there yet.
First-world countries could be able to try and develop their own green agenda system because they have the resources to do so, even though such realities haven’t materialized in any of the first-world countries yet.
China is the closest I have seen due to its massive infrastructure projects which dwarf the US and many western countries combined. Even then, they are not even close to the utopian world that was being talked about during the world economic forum.
It’s mere dreams among the realities of the ground and laws of nature such as physics and chemistry. Even Elon Musk knows this, Tesla owns Solar City which develops solar panels and other alternative energy products and is struggling to get off the ground.
I am of the notion that for the time being developing nations should know what is necessary for them and their growth. They shouldn’t be coerced to follow an agenda that was planned with not their interest in mind.
Look at Sri Lanka for example, an example of the World Economic Forum late-night fantasies which has gone south. At one point they banned most of the resources such as fertilizers and other products that could go grow enough crops in order to bring more food onto the market, drive down inflation and feed the population.
Instead, they opted to cut all things deemed bad for the environment, and look where they at now. Of course, the situation is more nuanced than that but it was one cog in the overall agenda.
It’s quite evident that it was all a pipe dream given that yet again Europe has to reel back plans to go green in order to keep the lights on this winter.
