{"id":8560,"date":"2026-08-09T09:31:02","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T16:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/europes-rivers-are-drying-up-and-its-causing-an-energy-crisis\/"},"modified":"2026-08-09T09:31:02","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T16:31:02","slug":"europes-rivers-are-drying-up-and-its-causing-an-energy-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/europes-rivers-are-drying-up-and-its-causing-an-energy-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"Europe&#8217;s Rivers Are Drying Up \u2014 And It&#8217;s Causing an Energy Crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-tYChKdWZrc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Europe&#8217;s most vital rivers \u2014 the Rhine, Danube, and Po \u2014 are hitting record or near-record lows this summer, triggering an energy and economic crisis across the continent. Hungary shut down its sole nuclear plant, stripping 40% of its power capacity. Romania used naval explosives to blast through its own riverbed to restore water flow. The Rhine is approaching its lowest level since 1880.<\/p>\n<p>In this video, we break down:<br \/>\n&#8211; Why Hungary&#8217;s Paks nuclear plant is running at 10% capacity<br \/>\n&#8211; Romania&#8217;s underwater riverbed detonation, explained<br \/>\n&#8211; The Rhine&#8217;s historic low at Kaub and what it means for freight<br \/>\n&#8211; Italy&#8217;s Po River hitting a new record low and threatening crop irrigation<br \/>\n&#8211; How automakers like Dacia and Ford are cutting production to save power<br \/>\n&#8211; Why economists say this is &quot;real economic pain,&quot; not just an environmental story<\/p>\n<p>Europe is the world&#8217;s fastest-warming continent, and this drought is exposing just how much of its energy and economy depends on rivers that are now disappearing.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd14 Subscribe for more climate and economy breakdowns.<\/p>\n<p>#Europe #Drought #ClimateChange #Rhine #Danube #EnergyCrisis<\/p>\n<p>Want to create live streams like this? Check out StreamYard: https:\/\/streamyard.com\/pal\/d\/5759717953503232<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Europe&#8217;s most vital rivers \u2014 the Rhine, Danube, and Po \u2014 are hitting record or near-record lows this<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8561,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lisa-cabrera"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/hqdefault-104.jpg?fit=480%2C360&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8560"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8560\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}