In Europe, the continent moved so quickly away from its baseload power to renewables that it increased its dependency on Russia for natural gas. Now, this winter, Europeans will die because of the continental embrace of the environmentalists’ demands. Power will be rationed. It will be expensive when used. There will not be enough of it. Instead of investing in nuclear power, the Europeans rejected it for a dystopia.

In California, its power grid is under an incredible burden. In triple-digit heat, people are turning off their air conditioners and lights to avoid straining the system. A week after California mandated that new vehicles in the next decade must all be electric, the state insisted people either unplug their cars or use gas generators to charge them.