Every country in Europe that hitched its hopes to sunshine and breezes is now in a mad scramble to secure reliable power supplies, before winter starts to bite and demand soars.
Watching the debacle playing out across Europe, is a little like the old party game of musical chairs. Every time the music stops at least one player is bound to miss out, much to the amusement of the lucky contestants. Although, this time it’s when the wind stops and/or the sun sets that the unlucky player (or rather thousands of players) misses out.
Kathy Gyngell provides a rundown on a study by Alexander Stahel, a Swiss-based commodities expert, who reckons that situation Europeans have made for themselves is beyond critical and a catastrophe is looming and, when it hits, no one will be left laughing at the result.
The dark continent: How ‘green’ power insanity will black out Europe
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