. The first of two examples popped up this week in the UK Telegraph, headlined “New Zealand abandons Jacinda Ardern’s net zero push.” The sub-headline explained, “Country plans to expand offshore gas fields following ‘disastrous’ ban on oil drilling.”

In 2018, New Zealand’s horse-faced former Prime Minister and Lockdown Maven infamously declared, with no hesitation, “the world has moved on from fossil fuels.” Apparently not, though. What followed were seven years of steadily rising energy prices, rolling blackouts, and a massive expansion of the domestic sweater industry.

But this week, in what the Telegraph called a ‘stunning reversal,’ the beautiful island nation nixed Ardern’s 2018 drilling ban and announced it is now ready and willing to service all comers for international exploitation. Drill us! Harder!

Ardern’s 2018 remark echoed President Obama, when in 2012 he famously forecast, “We can’t just drill our way to lower gas prices.” Barack Hussein was spectacularly wrong. Drill, baby, drill.

Buh-bye, net zero. Buh-bye, climate lunacy.

JEFF CHILDERS