A recent trip to Europe has convinced me that the world is about to descend into a self-imposed dark age. More worrisome still is that Europe’s duly elected despots are dooming their 
nations to darkness without any meaningful discussion as to why. As in World Wars I and II, the New World will have to save the old, but most of our leaders are as eager to suppress dissent as are theirs — most, but not all. If there is light to be found, it will come from the Sunshine State.
In Ireland, where I spent a week, “sustainability” has replaced Roman Catholicism as the nation’s religion. “Climate,” in one manifestation or another, dominates the news. One hot topic involved carbon targets for agriculture. There was no debate as to the need for reductions. None. The only debate was about the scope: the Greens wanted 30 percent; the farmers would settle, if need be, for 22 percent. For the record, the Republic of Ireland makes up about one-ten thousandth of the world’s land mass. Other than the Irish themselves, no one will notice the nation’s perverse self-sacrifice.
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