There is a lesson to learned from events last month in Europe’s poorest country, Bulgaria, well actually there are 2 lessons to be learned, both unfortunately need to be learned by politicians in the rest of Europe, or the world when it comes to it.
The first lesson is that people will not put up with ever increasing electricity bills in the name of saving the planet while a few fat cats and crony capitalists cream off huge profits from Green subsidies on ordinary people’s and businesses energy bills, the second lesson is that Green intermittent renewable energy wreaks havoc on electrical grids, ultimately leading to brown outs and black outs as the grid cannot cope with the sudden Green energy spikes.
History shows that even a short period of rolling black outs will bring down a Government, even in a country like Britain, when in 1974 then Prime Minister…
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I suggest that the Bulgarian Government declares the country Bankrupt so that they no longer have to pay the subsidies, it is what a business would do.
Just what are Governments in the EU going to do about all these Contracts they have for Energy Subsidies which are based on bad science. How does the world turn back from this madness?
A phrase to conjure with from the article: “sudden Green energy spikes”.
Looks like the Bulgarian people have found an alternative and sustainable use for the government’s sudden green energy spikes. 🙂
From the Guardian:
There should be no new taxes on energy within the EU if the continent’s industrial sector is to remain competitive with US rivals fuelled by cheap shale gas in the US, the EU’s energy chief has told the Guardian.
Günther Oettinger was speaking as David Cameron’s government prepared for a bruising collision with the European commission over renewable energy in a policy clash that could shape the development of energy infrastructure for decades to come.
Oettinger said that Europe’s industry must become more efficient and that energy markets must be further liberalised across the bloc if the EU is not to fall behind US industry.
“To compete we must have a functioning internal market for electricity, with more competition (among energy suppliers),” the commissioner for energy said.
“Energy efficiency is very important – we must consume less. And no new taxes on energy, and no higher taxes on energy, to get to a suitable price for energy consumers.”
Manufacturers in Europe have been increasingly concerned about the impact of competition coming from the United States, where the massive expansion of shale gas has sent gas prices plummeting to less than a fifth of those seen in the EU and other countries such as Japan.
American manufacturers are beginning to take advantage of the price gap, Oettinger claimed.
So fear of a resurgent American economy might effectively save us from our UK eco loons (politicians).