Posted on 10/20/2021 8:31:42 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s top official on Wednesday exhorted the bloc’s 27 member nations to wean themselves off natural gas not only to speed the transition to clean energy but also to make the bloc a more independent player in the world.
On the eve of an EU summit centering on the energy crisis, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told legislators that since the bloc imports 90% of its gas — much of it from strategic rival Russia — “this makes us vulnerable.”
As a result she wants the EU to double down on a swift transition to clean energy from wind and sun, which can be domestically produced and will ultimately be a lot cheaper than imported fossil fuels.
The recent spike in gas prices has hit the EU’s most vulnerable families first, and von der Leyen again made a call on member states to make sure taxes and levies on energy could be adapted to shield the poorest EU citizens.
“While (Russia’s) Gazprom has honored its long term contracts with us, it did not respond to higher demand, as it did in previous years. So Europe is today too reliant on gas,” she said.
As a result, the transition to clean energy wasn’t only necessary to become energy neutral by mid-century.
“The transition to clean energy is not only vital for our planet. It is also crucial for our economy and for the resilience to energy price shocks,” she said.
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The EU gets stupider and stupider.
No one told this dude that huffing paint fumes was a bad idea.
Stunning persistent irrationality. Europe really is on the verge of collapse.
SMDH. Are they really that stoo........ Never mind. Obviously they are.
Yes, they need to wean themselves of of cooking and heating.
Russia should cut the idiots off completely.
"...make the bloc a more independent player in the world" The BLOC??? That was a term used to describe the Eastern Bloc, aka the Communist Bloc, the Socialist Bloc and the Soviet Bloc. It was the group of socialist states of Central and Eastern Europe, East Asia, and Southeast Asia under the influence of the Soviet Union and its ideology (communism) that existed during the Cold War. There WAS a "Western Bloc" but that term was only rarely used. I think his communism is showing through.
"...the EU to double down on a swift transition to clean energy from wind and sun, which can be domestically produced and will ultimately be a lot cheaper than imported fossil fuels." What happy horsesh!t. Keep believing that, idiots.
"...make sure taxes and levies on energy could be adapted to shield the poorest EU citizens." Yeah, as if you are really going to make raw energy prices go SKY-HIGH, send energy taxes to the stratosphere, then make us whole with energy rebates to the poorest citizens. Route all that money through Brussels and see how much comes out.
Create a fake crisis (or pandemic), and you control the world.
Simply stomp anyone who says otherwise into the mud, and viola! World domination
The key to *creating* an energy crisis is the Green New Deal.
The French nukes haven’t been shutdown. That supplies over 70% of its electricity.
Thanks. I jumped the gun. The French PLAN to shut down their nukes, but they have pushed the shut-down date out about 8 years to 2035.
So he’s proposing to double down on stupid?
Typical Leftist idiocy.
“more independent player in the world”
Xi, when are our solar panels coming?
The Central Committee hasn’t decided yet.
Reducing the number of energy supplying countries down to one isn’t smart.
Ever spend a winter in Berlin. Let me know how that sun and wind will work out for them...
The Nord Stream 2 pipeline was completed in September, just in time for Russia to flex a little muscle. Can't say they weren't warned.
Sun? Good luck with that, north of 50o latitude.
Actually, it is the exact opposite - all of this Green New Deal $hit is causing the energy crisis, as NG and coal plants are being closed left and right in favor of wind and solar.
Meanwhile, the Red Chinese are building coal plants as fast as they can, AND NO ONE ON THE LEFT SAYS ANYTHING ABOUT IT!!!
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