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60 comments on The EU Strategic Energy Review: maybe not so depressing after all
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The reality is that "Strategic Energy Review" should be concerned with long term trends (namely PO), rather than focusing on short term fears (lack of demand and falling energy prices). If they want to play this card (security of demand) they should title the document as "Tactical Energy Review").
IMHO, this is just a cheap shot to rattle Russia, which feels some trouble now. I think Europe should have known better. Where are the plans to lower fossil fuel consumption? As crazy as it might seem, Europe should raise fuel taxes NOW. You need to teach people to shrink the energy usage. They won't listen to arguments, so you have to force the argument upon them. What are we going to do, when PO really becomes a concern? It is only question of time.
Hell, I drive a car that uses too much petrol. Force the heavy tax on me and I will reconsider.
The poster volunteers the information that an increase in already heavy petrol taxation will increase his driving cost, but does not choose to tell us whether his financial mainstay is the public purse.
This has the unfortunate effect of making his "Force the heavy tax on me" suggestion ambiguous.
--- G.R.L. Cowan, author of 'How fire can be tamed' --
you should read it -- http://www.eagle.ca/~gcowan