{"id":1627458,"date":"2022-08-30T20:03:45","date_gmt":"2022-08-31T00:03:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1627458"},"modified":"2022-08-30T20:04:28","modified_gmt":"2022-08-31T00:04:28","slug":"conservatives-blast-europes-needlessly-disastrous-energy-policies-over-womans-10000-euro-electric-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/conservatives-blast-europes-needlessly-disastrous-energy-policies-over-womans-10000-euro-electric-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Conservatives Blast Europe\u2019s \u2018Needlessly Disastrous\u2019 Energy Policies Over Woman\u2019s 10,000 Euro Electric Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fconservatives-blast-europes-needlessly-disastrous-energy-policies-over-womans-10000-euro-electric-bill%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1627458&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Comservatives pointed out the disastrous impact of European <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/energy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">energy<\/a> policy and sanctions after an Irish caf\u00e9 owner posted her exorbitant electricity bill on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/social-media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social media<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Geraldine Dolan, the owner of the Poppy Fields Caf\u00e9 in the town of Athlone, County Westmeath, shared a photo of her electricity bill on Twitter Monday. The bill, dated between June 8 and August 19, totaled nearly 10,000 euros.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI got this electricity bill today, how in the name of God is this possible, we\u2019re a small coffee shop in [W]estmeath,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DolanGeraldine\/status\/1564392353300889603\">Dolan<\/a> wrote from her Twitter account Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Dolan told the Irish <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.ie\/business\/personal-finance\/cafe-owner-in-shock-after-10000-electricity-bill-for-just-two-months-41947378.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Independent<\/a> that her annual power bill was about 12,700 euros for the whole of 2021. She estimated that it would cost over 45,000 euros to keep her restaurant lights on for the rest of the year, excluding value added tax. \u201cI don\u2019t know how I am going to cope,\u201d she said. \u201cA cost like that is just bananas.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Conservatives on Twitter reacted to the photo, pointing out that Dolan\u2019s crushing power bill was a consequence of the European Union\u2019s energy crisis, which was caused by Russia cutting off natural gas supplies to the continent, and the EU\u2019s aggressive push for green energy failing to make up the difference and meet Europeans\u2019 electricity needs.<\/p>\n<p>Conservatives also warned that the Democratic Party\u2019s war on fossil fuels could bring the crisis to American shores as well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is coming to America as a direct consequence of a radical Democrat agenda to dismantle abundant reliable energy,\u201d Rep.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chiproytx\/status\/1564611230291091463?s=20&amp;t=8PrMOdd6ALoGBY9ZIJ2keA\">Chip Roy<\/a>\u00a0(R-TX) tweeted. \u201cNo, really. So \u2013 let\u2019s stop it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople with Ukraine flag bios are scratching their heads over soaring energy prices,\u201d National Pulse editor-in-chief <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RaheemKassam\/status\/1564713983319343106?s=20&amp;t=8PrMOdd6ALoGBY9ZIJ2keA\">Raheem Kassam<\/a> wrote. \u201cPerhaps don\u2019t elect governments that provoke wars, fail to plan w\/ nuclear power, and implement climate change \u2018net zero\u2019 policies that all raise prices? This is the grave you have dug.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSmall UK coffee shop gets a two-month $10,000 electricity bill,\u201d junkscience.com founder <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JunkScience\/status\/1564675312687906818?s=20&amp;t=3QjYBzqF5aTiycRHTnNqvg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Steven Milloy<\/a> replied. \u201cClimate idiocy is pointlessly expensive and needlessly disastrous.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t worry. Just your part in saving the climate,\u201d former Navy SEAL <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mchooyah\/status\/1564664364497620994?s=20&amp;t=8PrMOdd6ALoGBY9ZIJ2keA\">Rob O\u2019Neill<\/a> added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is what happens when you give up energy independence and another solution doesn\u2019t exist at scale. Small biz, working class and poor bear the brunt of this anti-human movement,\u201d commentator <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/caroljsroth\/status\/1564626678936207364?s=20&amp;t=8PrMOdd6ALoGBY9ZIJ2keA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Carol Roth<\/a> tweeted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn just 18 months the US has spent $500B embracing the European energy model which is now proving both prohibitively expensive and wholly unreliable,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/US_OGA\/status\/1564634010126409730?s=20&amp;t=8PrMOdd6ALoGBY9ZIJ2keA\">U.S. Oil and Gas Association<\/a> trade association wrote. \u201cIn 5 years we will look back and realize the only thing that saved us from our own meltdown was abundant US natural gas.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSmall businesses in Europe are toast,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WallStreetSilv\/status\/1564618627567226894?s=20&amp;t=8PrMOdd6ALoGBY9ZIJ2keA\">Wall Street Silver<\/a> said. \u201cCan\u2019t survive selling coffee and pastries with monthly bills like this. Even major chains will shut down quickly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Other users were more sympathetic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis sweet old lady is being mocked for not understanding the direct and obvious relationship between Russia sanctions and soaring energy prices but she shouldn\u2019t have to understand it, she\u2019s a sweet old lady who runs a coffee shop!\u201d one Twitter user said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Comservatives pointed out the disastrous impact of European energy policy and sanctions after an Irish caf\u00e9 owner posted her exorbitant electricity bill on social media. Geraldine Dolan, the owner of the Poppy Fields Caf\u00e9 in the town of Athlone, County Westmeath, shared a photo of her electricity bill on Twitter Monday. The bill, dated between &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1627460,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1627458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1627458","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1627458"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1627458\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1627460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1627458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1627458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1627458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}