Posted on 05/16/2013 1:24:20 PM PDT by Olog-hai
Closer cooperation between European countries and an emphasis on energy efficiency would be more effective at lowering prices in Europe than dreams about an American-style shale gas boom, the EU’s climate chief said on Thursday (16 May).
Speaking at the European Business Summit, EU Climate Commissioner Connie Hedegaard called for “clever regulation” to drive innovation and for a liberalized EU energy market to lower prices, saying re-nationalization would be more costly than European-wide climate policies.
“We need efficient and also cost-efficient energy systems. We need to liberalize the energy market, a Europeanized market. It is wrong that re-nationalization will be cheaper. Of course, you cannot have climate policies that cost nothing,” she said.
Hedegaard was attempting to allay business concerns that the cost of EU climate policies was stunting their growth compared to other countries such as China and the United States, which have less stringent environmental regulation. …
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IOW, we don’t have any, so we gotta conserve.
I can see that method has been working real good. Get your socialist head out of your rear end and face reality. CO2 was a complete hoax. Clinging to the scam after it has been exposed is even worse.
The eurocrat is living in a fantasy world.
CO2 was a complete hoax.
ya , they forgot that we breath it out so plants can breath it in
The High Commissioner of Central Planning has spoken.
From Wikipedia: Connie Hedegaard holds an MA in Literature and History.
Nothing like having a scientifically trained person making these decisions. /sarc
Clever Regulation
How can anyone say it with a straight face.?
Anything the EU does, do the opposite.
It’s 21st century Malthusianism. I suppose it could be given a more modern name, perhaps the Use-less approach?
She should have gotten a degree in psychology because she's crazy. It's schizophrenia or cognitive dissonance.
If it was a hoax, why do they have a Climate Commissioner?
If she had, she wouldn’t be the first person drawn to psychology due to being psychologically troubled.
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