Alternative Energy – Week 42:Energy – Politics and the Implications for your life.
Energy – Politics and the Implications for your life.
If you follow the New Green Deal on a global scale, you may have heard that 19-year-old activist Greta Thunberg recommended that Germany might be better off returning to nuclear power rather than firing up coal plants in the midst of the country’s well-documented energy crisis.
Does this stem from fear over Russian President Vladimir Putin’s control over Germany’s energy, or is this based on the straying from single-sourcing? Regardless, Europe is short on gas and oil. And with energy prices nearly quadrupled over the last calendar year, industries continue to falter while residents become frozen out of their homes.
However, the German Government – like United States President Joe Biden – travelled the same countries begging for more oil and gas only to return empty-handed. With means of distribution uncertain, and short-term solutions considered as much of a pipe dream as shipping from the US to Germany, the cost of energy would make Germany’s industrial infrastructure non-competitive.
Stuck in a no-win situation, and in all the desperation created by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, what outcome creates a sense of global relief? The collapse of Russia creating immediate access to all of the country’s resources? Napoleon and Hitler tried it – both with a sense of almighty military dominance – nearly starving all of Russia to death, only to face the realization that a dead Russian was still willing to fight.
So, while the west is focused on what we do not have – enough solar and wind power, effective grids, loading stations for EV – we focus on an unnecessary war with mandates that cripple a logical transition from fossil fuel to real alternatives in a sustainable time frame.
Do we entertain competing concepts of sustainability and ESG, with sustainability the overarching investment, and ESG – a governed, “big money” driven (tax) system that benefits finance and allows government power at will?
With election season a stone's throw away, and opponents able to point to incumbents to hurl blame for rising oil prices, those in office are opting for the strategic release of oil. However, the release of barrels does not magically create a sustainable source necessary for a permanent drop in price.
Once the well runs dry and countries like the United States require a doubled amount to not only supply the current demand, but also replenish the reserve, prices skyrocket dramatically.
In conclusion, if you want to follow leaders and problem solvers, and be presented with a long-term energy strategy, vote for people with two feet on the ground, which current leadership in the White House or Blue Leadership severely lacks.
