Wind power is part of the problem – not the solution

We need to start immediately creating a healthy, reality-based energy source. There is no longer any time to waste in the game of political power or wishful thinking, Everett Anderson wrote.

This is a discussion article. The writer himself is responsible for his opinions and conclusions.

Response to discussion article “We all have a responsibility to solve the climate crisis.”

When will the public see the madness? 80% of Sweden’s wind energy is owned by foreigners. Admittedly with Swedish subsidiaries, according to the fictitious company model. Most of them reported loss of accounts. However, we paid discretionary money for electricity certificates, which gave them 50 billion and also allowed them to avoid paying other costs until weather-dependent electricity production could be integrated into the grid at all.

Increasing demand for electricity on the scale we pursue with climate policy You don’t need to fix any production method quickly. The offshore wind power project on the Krieger flak began in 2002 and is expected to provide electricity no later than 2028. With a flexible understanding of time, it may be possible to move it to the “here and now”, and electricity will not be cheap because the ground connection has been shifted instead of That to our network fee

He is, of course, gifted for learning from the failures of others. So why not take a closer look at the German energy transfer. They have wind and solar energy with a combined output of about one and a half times the electricity needs. However, 40 percent is missing, which must now be obtained from fossil power plants. That’s why they put themselves in Putin’s pit. Great Britain is doing the same. The electricity system must have a majority share of planable electricity. We chose the same path as Germany. They are just a little ahead

Supporting renewable energy during the period 2008-2021 cost EU consumers 7,700 billion kroner and continues to add around 700 billion kroner annually to their electricity bills. It is worth considering where the European Union is and why it extends to us.

Before more misery is created in Sweden by some of the parties pressuring the government to cut lines with Germany, you’d better tell them that they first need to arrange electricity from somewhere else when the winds calm down and prefer someone to have the surplus when it does. Unnecessarily good hits. This is how we deliberately arranged the dismantling of our electrical system. Before the electricity crisis, we had clean electricity, stable electricity, reliable electricity and stable prices. In addition, carbon dioxide emissions are close to zero. If technology overcame emotions, the result would not be a surprise.

We have a lot of electric power, but we lack planable power Electricity production is in southern Sweden, which means there is a limitation on transmission capacity from the north in the grid we already have. It was good to hear about engineering sciences before assembling an efficient electrical system that is virtually CO2 free.

The Royal Academy of Sciences writes that there is a lack of impact analysis and needs analysis in relation to impact and energy with distribution in time and space. Functional requirements regarding stability, electricity quality, security of supply, specific environmental requirements, comparisons of alternative system solutions, and system costs are also missing. The transformation is justified by vague formulas such as solar and wind energy that provide “green”, “renewable”, “emission-free” and “fossil-free” electricity. The terms are undefined and say nothing about the environmental characteristics of the sun and wind. Life-cycle analyzes of the environment and the economy, on the contrary, show that with respect to nuclear energy, wind energy produces increased carbon dioxide emissions, a significant increase in the use of non-renewable resources, negative local environmental consequences and a significant increase in electricity costs (possibly doubling).

In the long run, hard facts cannot be ignored. Now we need to make sure right away to start creating a healthy, reality-based energy source. There is no time to lose in the game of political power or wishful thinking anymore.

Everett Anderson, Non-Party Views

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