The EU is in the process of destroying the economy of Great Britain using global warming as the instrument. Here is an interesting article about this.

http://web.mac.com/sinfonia1/Global_Warming_Politics/A_Hot_Topic_Blog/Entries/2008/7/1_Guest_Essay%3A_Britain%E2%80%99s_Climate_Madness.html

One interesting thought I had in reading the article: Great Britain has a socialist government and the people want change while in the US the people are about to elect a socialist as President because they want change.