(Hope its not a relative.)
Posted on 06/23/2015 9:36:23 AM PDT by george76
Greece’s energy minister Lafazanis said that [the coal-fired power plant] Ptolemaida V is required since renewable power plants are intermittent and endanger the country’s energy security. In May, Lafazanis sent a letter to the European Commission asking permission to operate the Ptolemaida III, a separate coal plant that is shut down due to its very old technology that pollutes the environment enormously. One of Lafazanis arguments was “the economic crisis in Greece, which makes the need for keeping the cost of energy for households’ heating as low as possible.”—..
Poland’s leading opposition party is seeking to negotiate exemptions from the European Union’s rules on reducing carbon emissions because the nation’s energy security and economic development depends on coal. Law & Justice, which opinion polls show winning October’s general election, has vowed to toughen Poland’s stance on climate issues to protect the nation’s $526 billion economy, which relies on coal for about 90 percent of its electricity. “The strategy that we’re planning for the economy rejects the dogma of de-carbonization,” Piotr Naimski, in charge of energy policy at Law & Justice, said in an interview last week.—
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Next, they’ll start harpooning whales and eating Spotted Owls.
Be a cold day in hell before I asked the EU permission for anything.
Following the phony-baloney “green energy” commitments you want the United States to adhere to is not conducive to paying back your debts.
Next, they’ll start harpooning whales and eating Spotted Owls.
Clubbing baby seals....euro is good. (do you ever see the volkswagons with the Eurobabe licencse plates, idiots, that economy is failing yet you still think its great! Euro babe is going to be sucking wind!)
European is dying.
“Poland....seeking to negotiate exemptions from the European Union’s rules”
That’s our future, with Obamatrade.
“Forgive our debts or we’ll BURN MORE COAL!”
I see the Greeks are playing hardball now.
Actually it’s not a bad idea. The reason they’re asking is they know the answer. Then they will say the EU wants their people to freeze
” renewable power plants are intermittent and endanger the country’s energy security. ”
The reason isn’t lack of cash only.
Uh-oh, the Pope and Obama are not gonna like this. Thanks george76.
Liberals might want to rethink their destroying economies is best for the environment philosophy.
(Hope its not a relative.)
Wait a minute! I haven’t heard from my cousin Mike for awhile! Mike! Mike!
I hope they put him in a hero sandwich. He always wanted to be a hero.
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