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Egregious mismanagement by stupid European leaders. Why would they hold themselves accountable? https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?ti

Egregious mismanagement by stupid European leaders. Why would they hold themselves accountable? https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Energy_production_and_imports https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php... "Production of primary energy in the EU was 17.7% lower in 2020 than it had been a decade earlier." [this includes renewables and nuclear, as well as fossil, gas, geothermal, etc] "Indeed, more than half (57.5 %) of the EU’s gross available energy in 2020 came from imported sources." -- "Invest in renewables!" Ok, but that means needing to restart coal plants and import natural gas when there's no wind or sun. Where are the massive battery investments in Europe for energy storage? Nowhere. "Everyone, buy electric cars!" Ok, but there's be a permanent blackout if every car was actually electric. There's not enough electricity being generated to charge them. Insane maniacs. Switching to clean energy means transitioning from non-electric energy (gas, petrol) to electric. That means we must produce more electricity. Why aren't they obsessed with increasing electricity production, so electric cars won't lead to blackouts and import dependency?

ZeroGravitas 4y ago
Primary energy isn't a good measure. You want "final energy" the energy used to actually do something of use. Most of the Primary Energy is wasted, so anyone who is sensibly rolling out cheap renewables (or even expensive nuclear) will see their primary energy go down, even as their final energy goes up. Ideally efficiency improvements also make final energy go down. Also, EVs help the grid and prevent petro states, like say Russia, from making as much money.