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Title: "Population Will Rebel" - Swiss Police Chief Fears Social Unrest From Winter Power Shortages
Source:
ZeroHedge
URL Source: https://www.zerohedge.com/geopoliti ... -unrest-winter-power-shortages
Published: Aug 21, 2022
Author: Tyler Durden
Post Date: 2022-08-22 09:54:21 by X-15
Keywords: Switzerland, electricity, firewood, looting
Views: 108
Comments: 3
The Swiss government is preparing rapidly for the possibility of power shortages this winter with Jan Flückiger, Secretary General of the Energy Directors' Conference, warning that "internal security then becomes a problem," arguing that the federal government has not yet recognized the urgency in this regard. In an interview with Swiss German-language daily newspaper Blick, Fredy Fässler, the Police Chief of one of Switzerland's largest Cantons, warned that people may revolt and resort to looting if the Alpine nation is hit by a severe energy crunch this winter. “Imagine, you can no longer withdraw money at the ATM, you can no longer pay with the card in the store or refuel your tank at the gas station. Heating stops working. It’s cold. Streets go dark. It is conceivable that the population would rebel or that there would be looting,” he said, adding that the country’s authorities should take measures to prepare for such extreme scenarios. Exercises that were conducted in 2014 to prepare for a blackout scenario revealed major shortcomings, including lack of emergency generators for police, hospitals and other critical infrastructure and services, he said. “These shortcomings have been corrected in recent years," the police chief noted, adding rather ominously that now "the security forces are armed" and his agency is even prepared to provide the Swiss with cash if they are unable to use cards in stores, given that relevant agreements with banks have been signed. Additionally, Fässler warned of looting: "I don't want to paint the devil on the wall, but it has also been seen in environmental disasters that certain people have abused the situation to plunder unprotected objects. This could also be the case if the network is switched off, for example in shops where there is something to buy." But he warned the federal government not to over-step its tyrannical orders pre-emptively and expected police support: "I appeal to the federal government to only order measures that can be implemented and, above all, controlled. We certainly won't become the sauna police." Earlier, Werner Luginbuhl, the head of Switzerland’s electricity regulator ElCom, complained that electricity was being used “completely thoughtlessly,” and urged citizens to stock up on candles and firewood due to possible power outages in the country this winter. Fãssler’s comments come after Swiss authorities said last week that they may place restrictions on energy consumption this coming winter, signaling that “power shortages [are] among the most serious risks” for the landlocked country. This is Swiss officials warning of revolt and urging its people to gather firewood... not central Parisian leaders or Baltimore politicians!!!
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#1. To: X-15 (#0)
Most surprising! thanks.
“ On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron. ” ~ H. L. Mencken
I wonder if the "country's authorities" have considered rounding up Klaus Schwab and his minions of the WEF and disposing of them in a very public fashion? It's their plan after all. Public executions would almost certainly certainly clear up the Green New Dark Ages delusions and all the talk of eating bugs. Rinse, lather, repeat as needed. Not the Swiss. Remember, they let Lenin hang out in Zurich during WW1. They're funny about letting all kinds of international trash take refuge there. “With the exception of Whites, the rule among the peoples of the world, whether residing in their homelands or settled in Western democracies, is ethnocentrism and moral particularism: they stick together and good means what is good for their ethnic group."
#2. To: X-15, 4um (#0)
“Imagine, you can no longer withdraw money at the ATM, you can no longer pay with the card in the store or refuel your tank at the gas station. Heating stops working. It’s cold. Streets go dark. It is conceivable that the population would rebel or that there would be looting,” he said, adding that the country’s authorities should take measures to prepare for such extreme scenarios.
TRUE TERROR will arrive at these people’s door, and they will cry, scream, and beg for mercy…
but it will fall upon the deaf ears of the Men who just wanted to be left alone.”
#3. To: Esso (#2)
I wonder if the "country's authorities" have considered rounding up Klaus Schwab and his minions of the WEF and disposing of them in a very public fashion? It's their plan after all.
-Alex Kurtagic 
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