Nitrogen

Today, farmers from all over Belgium jumped into their tractors and drove to the capitol city, Brussels, to protest against a new plan the Belgian government is contemplating.
It is all about nitrogen, and the amount of nitrogen that is expelled today by farms. And this will become extremely limited in the future.

The plan by the government isn't complete yet, and that is why the farmers chose today to protest, in hopes of influencing the plan. Because, a rough version of it already came out. And it is devastating for most farmers in Belgium. It essentially says that a lot of them will have to close shop. The amount of nitrogen that can be expelled in the future will be 50 times lower than the number is today. So for most farmers with cows, pigs, chicken, and other cattle, it will be almost impossible to follow these terms. So, they are out of a job, in reality.

Social bloodbath

Belgium has a lot of farmers, but most of them are small farms. Which makes this a social bloodbath if it comes true. This will effect tens of thousands of people, that will be suddenly out of job, and are mostly self employed. So there is no rescue net for them. Except selling their farm, probably at bottom prices.

All of this is part of the big European Green Deal, which is in my opinion complete insanity.
No more combustion engines in cars by 2035? The number of farms decimated? All on this small piece of land here in Western Europe, while the rest of the world will keep on doing what they were doing.
That is in my opinion, economic suicide for this continent. We are catapulting ourselves back to the third world with this Green Deal.

Ursula Van Der Leyen and Frans Timmermans have blood on their hands, and a lot of it!

Sincerely,

Pele23

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