Netherlands to shut down Europe’s largest gas field even as energy crisis worsens

 Due to a series of self-inflicted, politically motivated decisions, the continent is now on the brink of total economic collapse for want of more energy

• For years, European countries driven by insane left-wing 'climate change' ideology have been steadily shuttering power generation centers run by fossil fuels and replacing them with far less efficient and wholly unreliable "green" energy alternatives
• Wind and solar farms do not produce enough power by themselves to replace coal- and natural gas-fired plants.

The Dutch government plans to close the Groningen gas field this year despite Europe's precarious supply position

• Production from Groningen has been curtailed substantially
• There were plans in place to phase out production altogether because of increased seismic activity in the vicinity of the field even before the energy crisis began in 2021
• Some began speculating that the Netherlands could keep the field operating to contribute to filling the gap in gas supply left by Russian pipeline deliveries

The Netherlands will not open up more because of safety issues

• Production from the Groningen site has been cut back significantly, and there were already plans in place to shut it down altogether due to seismic activity in the region of the field ahead of the energy crisis that worsened last year
• Everybody who has some knowledge of earthquake danger tells me that it's really very dangerous to keep on producing there. I'm quite convinced it's wise to close it down."

The Dutch have decided to shut down Groningen and hope for the best that someone will be able to step in and provide more "politically viable" energy.

• There have been around 100 quakes in the vicinity of the Groningen field since the 1980s resulting in around 150,000 claims for property damage.

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