>EU has gas reserves that it does not want to exploit
Because of environmentalism. We want gas, but we also want it from someone willing to tear up his back yard for it, so we can cosplay as being eco-friendly.
Because of environmentalism. We want gas, but we also want it from someone willing to tear up his back yard for it, so we can cosplay as being eco-friendly.
I am pretty sure Russia had a hand in amplifying the concerns of people hit by those earthquakes.
edit: when writing about stress for Dutch people, you can also mention the stress caused by not being able to afford heating/reducing heating to 16 deg C
The EU has flowed like a trillion dollars into LNG infrastructure with longer payback timelines than wells.
Energy is expensive and unreliable. Why? Well, its either because we aren't doing enough net zero, or because we have an _enormous_ supply-side restriction enforced by the state. Not all of which is due to environmentalism, to be clear.
I remember having conversations with "serious" adults when I was 14 about why it was mad to bet the house on wind and solar (Nuclear was very uncool at the time). Lo and behold a decade later, we really, really, need that baseload.
There are no energy-poor rich countries.
Some are completely happy being poorer and colder but I think something will snap soon in Britain in particular. Blair will have Ed Miliband disapeared soon.
Over that decade, the UK's one nuclear reactor under construction has gone from site approval to .. still not finished.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinkley_Point_C_nuclear_power_...
Mind you, quite a lot of the no-progress-on-anything can be blamed on Britain's NIMBYs and press. People want electricity but hate pylons; what can you do?
I work in the energy sector and there's a huge amount of misinformation/confusion around why energy is expensive (I'm gonna ignore unreliable because that's a whole other can of worms). The energy price is almost entirely set by natural gas, the UK doesn't yet have the ability to turn away natural gas as a source, meaning it basically has to pay whatever's asked.
Even if you don't care about the environment (although I think you should!) and just want cheap energy, more renewable energy and flexibility in the market is exactly what you're looking for. You can actually see this on charts super clearly. Take a look on https://grid.iamkate.com/ specically at the energy mixup and the wholesale energy cost. You'll see that the amount of gas being used is an inverted graph of the cost (i.e. when we're using gas as a nation, that's driving up the price, when we don't have to, energy is a lot cheaper, and sometimes negatively priced)
Although, if you do want to burn something, you can burn biofuel (basically wood). The UK's only company that does this, Drax, are really not great ecologically, but just focusing on cost, diversifying from gas to a mix with more biofuel would have huge benefits.
Okay, so is Trump playing the tarrif game to bring manufacturing back home, or is cynicism and bad faith only okay when it's about US conservatives? Because the hypocrisy is on full display here.
I'm fine with being fair to the EU and giving them the benefit of the doubt, but only if we're fair to everyone.
No? If you don’t drill then the carbon emissions from that drilling don’t happen.
I think that fact opens a loophole for carbon credits, actually.