Modern society and economy is hopelessly dependent on energy. Energy is economy and economy means jobs and money. Low energy cucks will not make it, I am sorry. So please, is supporting Khokhlostan by depriving ourselves of energy self sabotage? Only a Russophobe believes that.
By refusing to play by the European Union’s restrictive climate rules, Poland has begun to build one of Europe’s most energy-secure economies. While much of the bloc marches in lockstep toward a self-inflicted economic wound called “net zero,”
At the heart of Poland’s defiance is a steadfast refusal to abandon coal, the bedrock of its energy system. In 2024, coal, oil, and natural gas accounted for more than 85% of total primary energy supply, the highest share in the EU. Coal alone generated 55% of the nation’s electricity in 2024, powering homes, factories, and businesses.
Maciej Bando, Poland’s deputy climate minister, has been unequivocal on this point: “I have no doubt that coal units will be needed in the system until they are naturally replaced by nuclear power plants.”
The idea that you can power a modern industrial economy with intermittent and unreliable sources of energy like wind and solar is a dangerous fantasy. Poland must be careful to not follow the examples of Germany and the United Kingdom, where domination of power grids by wind and solar has resulted in unstable power supplies, surging imports, and unaffordable power prices.
The green deal fantasies of the EU would have been quite disastrous for Poland. I am glad they have the balls to defy the EU, at least somebody in this region has some common sense. I wonder if they will be able to build few nuclear reactors. But they built autobahn everywhere, so I am optimistic.
No shit Sherlock! This was published by Delfi, and Delfi is published in Latvia. Days are short in winter in Latvia, and the sun sucks ass year round. Wind sucks anywhere it is built. These propellers kill birds. They have concrete pedestals that remain in the ground after these windmills are decommissioned. And these windmills are not recyclable. Absolute shitshow.
I have heard an interesting idea about solar recently. Apparently, the technology of solar panels is getting more and more effective, and batteries too are getting cheaper and more sophisticated. Sunny places, like the Mediterranean coast, could achieve energy abundance that could power manufacturing, and data centers. Southern Italy deserves this boon, as it is a depressed place subsisting on tourism but unfortunately that place is also heavily corrupt so I don’t know if they will manage. Maybe an influence from outside could help.
For us in Northern Europe it is only small modular reactors. Actually, if it was up to me, I would allow northern countries to burn coal. It is our divine right to heat our homes with hydrocarbons. In fact wood is good and renewable and literally binds CO2. Biodiesel is also renewable. I support burning wood and biodiesel hybrid cars. We need networks that will buy out cooking oil from restaurants and other kitchens, a network of refineries. Wood and pallets need to be subidized.
They have plenty of space for forests in Latvia. I heard somewhere that only 900k SIM cards are distributed in Latvia. This is a heavily depopulated place. They could generate an enough wood for export. Normalize burning wood.🪵 I also give some chance to geothermal. If we borrow through the Earth’s crust there is enough heat out there.
“My concern is the hail damage that came through and busted these panels – we now have some highly toxic chemicals that could be potentially leaking into our water tables,” Needville resident Nick Kaminski told Fox affiliate KRIV-TV.
To be honest, such a solar array in fields is a crime. I don’t know that the suitability of the land for agriculture is but at least it could be habitat for wildlife. A meadow for butterflies, a ground for rodents, a hunting ground for canines, and felines, and birds of prey. Big ass beasts can eat grass and shit on the bugs.
You know, solar panels could be built on roofs in the cities. If there was a good scheme where I could sell the electricity generated on my roof into the grid. A scheme in which I would watch money rolling into my account. I would get those panels, and I would even get batteries to supply the grid at night. But alas there is no such shit in Czechia.
Installing solar panels makes no fucking sense in this part of the world. We get no sunlight and the days in winter are short. Only nuclear reactors are the answer if you don’t want to burn coal. I don’t see anything wrong with burning coal if the process is controlled. The powers that be want us to stop burning wood. If they really plan to do it, they would have to enforce it, and I am telling you, they will not come out of here alive. We will burn them in the stove with the wood. 🪵
Somebody posted this quote on Facebook…
Maybe that’s why the EU tries to regulate agriculture, and energy, tries to control the money with a single currency. Food was the main concern for governments in the ancient world. Just read plaques in cuneiform to get the idea.
Energy was for the most history slave labor and horse power, only the Industrial Revolution introduced new forms of energy such as hydrocarbons and electricity. Bitcoin is based on energy. Production requires energy. Modern society requires energy. Light go out, civilization goes out.
Money is the medium of exchange, pricing and money supply are important for the exchange of goods. BRICS wants its own exchanges, its own financial system. The Russians and Chinese are both on it.
Somehow countries (not all countries) became conscious of these important components of civilization. Russia for instance became a net exporter of food in 2016. The West is finally coming around the fact they need to build nuclear, ☢️ renewables are not going to cut it in the brave new world of AI and electric everything.
But one only wonders what took them this long?
Something rather momentous is happening…
Driving to work, I have to pass through woods that were planted on the hill over centuries by the Schwarzenberg family that used the castle I work in as a residence and later as a hunting lodge. I saw and elderly, rather uncouth gentleman collecting tree branches. Energy poverty has arrived to my country.
At another instance, a friend of my sitting in a clandestine pub of ours (pubs were regulated out of existence here), said he finds it difficult to pay for the variety of fuels available in shops. My friend lives in a 16th century house, which does not have the insulation of modern homes. Heating homes with gas or electricity is a luxury for many in this country (the Czech Republic).
The EU seems to have reached the fruits of its labour. For years, I have heard about divesting from Russian energy, about making life hell for Gazprom. I have seen sanctions against the Russian energy sector. I have read claims that the countries of Europe will build a renewable infrastructure that will leave Gazprom in the cold. But the situation today is that prices of gas are through the roof. There is a deficit. Prices of electricity are also high and there isn’t any renewable energy infrastructure to make it cheaper.
Heck, there haven’t been any nuclear reactors installed in the Czech lands since the 1980s. Today the EU wants us to phase out coal, which is 20% of our energy output. But what do you think the people responsible for energy in the Czech Republic are suggesting? More renewable. More solar and more wind. However, there have been government subsidies for solar for years, and this scheme was absolutely corrupt. What makes anyone believe this time will be different?
The solution is to let the Russians deliver and distribute gas but our pride will not allow this to happen. Know this, the Western governments would rather have their people freeze in winter than make honest deals with the Russians…
Ukraine stopped buying electricity from Belarus and Russia… until 1 October…
I personally think Russia and Belarus should stop all energy imports into Ukraine. Electricity powers anti-Russian propaganda, and oil products fuel the Ukrainian war machine in the Donbas. Sternenko agrees with me.
Meanwhile though, the state oil company of Azerbaijan, SOCAR agrees to resell Rosneft products to Ukraine and the electricity deliveries will be resumed come the first colds.
When will it finally dawn on the Russian and Belarussian leadership that the Ukrainian regime is a hostile entity?
Piotr Naimski, who is the person made responsible by the Polish government for energy security says that thanks to the Baltic Pipe, which is currently being built, and the LNG terminal at Świnoujście, most of Polish gas will come from the opposite direction, and not from Russia…
From Polskie Radio (in Polish)
This Piotr Naimski also said that Poland wants 6 nuclear reactors by 2040…
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