International Archives – Page 7 of 16 – Stephen Andrew Kickstart Queensland

EU COMMITS ECONOMIC SUICIDE – CUTS OFF ITS OWN ENERGY SUPPLY

EU’s decision to ban Russian oil, with two-thirds to be cut immediately and 90 percent by the end of 2022, is mind-bogglingly stupid.

And it’s not just the oil the EU embargoed, it’s gas as well.

The EU is heavily reliant on Russia’s natural oil gas. Several countries are 100 percent reliant on it.

Russian Energy Giant, Gazprom announced yesterday it had now cut supply altogether to Bulgaria, Poland and Finland, with Denmark next on the list.

Putin, meanwhile, is still sitting pretty over in Moscow.

For eight years he has built up Russia’s productive capacity and basically ‘sanction-proofed’ the whole Russian economy.

Europe, on the other hand, spent the same years in dismantling all its fuel infrastructure and replacing it with unreliable and expensive ‘green energy’.

And before you say anything:- ‘NO’! Alternative energies are not going to save the day here.

The EU’s Alternative Energy sector accounts for a tiny sliver of its energy consumption needs, most of which still depends on fossil fuel.

You will NEVER replace that consumption with solar and wind towers – you just won’t. It’s impossible.

Putin and Victor Orban appear to be the only two world leaders who understand this.

Orban said joining the EU’s ban would have “dropped an atomic bomb” on Hungary’s economy.

Putin simply said the EU’s ban was “economic suicide”.

All of which makes you wonder, ‘what on earth was the EU thinking’?

MSNBC’s interview with EU President Ursula Von Der Leyen the other day, may provide a clue.

The woman clearly has NO idea how oil markets work – AT ALL!

And at the end of the day, isn’t that what this is really about?

A bunch of incredibly ‘unserious people’, most of whom have never held a real job, or produced anything of value in their lives, being gifted with decision-making powers well beyond their capabilities or intelligence?

Anyone who thinks I’m exaggerating here, consider this:-

On 2 March, OPEC nations agreed to release an extra 60 million barrels of oil to ease global fuel shortages.

It sounds a lot, but it’s only a blip compared to what Russia exports each day – 5 million barrels of crude oil.

When you take OPEC’s 60 million and divide it by five, you are left with just 12 days’ worth of what Russia exports.

Not much of a buffer is it!?

And yet that’s the situation they have put us in.

THE BOMBSHELL EVERYBODY MISSED!

During the recent Senate Estimates hearings in April, an extremely revealing exchange took place between Senator Gerard Rennick and Prof. Paul Kelly.

It offered a rare glimpse of the hidden rationale behind some of the draconian measures adopted by our Government over the past two years.

It also showed the extraordinary inroads Treaties like the International Health Regulations have already made on Australian sovereignty.

Senator Rennick asked:

“Why are we stopping unvaccinated people from travelling overseas? I cannot for the life of me see the health risks in an unvaccinated person leaving the country? …Why do we have to restrict people from travelling freely outside of Australia if they’re unvaccinated? I would have thought it would reduce the risk, given there would be fewer people in the country?”

To which Kelly admitted:

“ACTUALLY, IT IS, BECAUSE WE ARE SIGNED UP TO A TREATY CALLED THE INTERNATIONAL HEALTH REGULATIONS, AND THERE IS A SPECIFIC COMPONENT OF THE BIOSECURITY ACT WHICH ADDRESSES THAT MATTER ABOUT PROTECTION FOR OTHERS.”

Rennick’s retort was priceless:

“SO IT’S NOT HEALTH ADVICE; IT’S BECAUSE WE SIGNED UP TO A TREATY!”

Boom!

Senator Antic got a similar response when he asked on 6 April:

“I understand that, if you’re an Australian citizen… you can’t leave Australia unless you’re fully vaccinated and yet foreign citizens are able to leave at any time. What is the rationale behind this? What is the science behind this? Is this not more the sort of thing that we’d see in communist North Korea—stopping citizens leaving their country?”

Kelly replied:

“The advice in relation to people exiting Australia, was in relation to our obligations under the International Health Regulations for protecting other countries.”

Australia’s Biosecurity Act 2014 is littered with references to the IHRs and Australia’s “obligation” to legislate the regulations “into effect”.

Part 2, Clauses 44-45 cover ‘Exit Requirements’ which the Explanatory Memorandum say are primarily for:

“ENSURING AUSTRALIA’S INTERNATIONAL OBLIGATIONS UNDER ANNEX 1B OF THE INTERNATIONAL HEALTH REGULATIONS ARE MET.”

Sub-clause 45(2) states “determinations” are laws, but cannot be “disallowed” by Parliament and are therefore not subject to parliamentary scrutiny.

During the 2015 debate on the Bill, there was no mention of the IHRs or ‘Human Health’ provisions, apart from a brief mention by the introducing Minister, Barnaby Joyce, who said:

“IT IS EXPECTED THAT THE HUMAN HEALTH PROVISIONS CONTAINED IN THIS BILL WILL BE SELDOM USED”.

Only Senator Nick Xenophon understood the danger.

He moved a motion that:

“..DETERMINATIONS BE MADE SUBJECT TO DISALLOWANCE AND PARLIAMENTARY SCRUTINY”.

A day earlier, he said:

“I remember the strong advocacy by former Senator Boswell, …he was absolutely right. WE ARE MUGS INTERNATIONALLY AND WE ARE SCHMUCKS INTERNATIONALLY… BECAUSE WE DO NOT PROTECT OUR NATIONAL INTEREST”.

“At the very least”, he said, a “risk analysis” should be tabled in both houses, and referred to a committee.

“We have to be extremely vigilant about this” he warned.

“Do not leave it to the bureaucrats”.

“THAT WOULD BE A VERY DANGEROUS PATH TO GO DOWN.”

His words all fell on deaf ears, however, and the Bill passed with bipartisan support.

All of which begs the question – how many other laws are being passed simply to ‘put into effect’ the dozens of secret international treaties and agreements our reckless governments are signing each year?

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Sign the Petition to ensure this never happens again:

PANDEMIC TREATY AND AMENDMENTS TO THE INTERNATIONAL HEALTH REGULATIONS