Re:Putin’s Energy War with Europe Seems to Falter
by ZeroGravitas on Monday September 19, 2022 @06:26AM
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You don't need to be paranoid to think that Russia is influencing energy policy:
> Speaking at a global manufacturing conference, the president said: "Wind-powered generation is good but are birds being taken into account in this case? How many birds are dying?"
> "[Wind turbines] shake, causing worms to come out of the soil. This is not a joke," he said.
...
> A study published in 2009 looking at the US and Europe estimated that wind farms were responsible for about 0.3 bird deaths for every 1GWh of electricity generated, compared with 5.2 deaths per 1GWh caused by fossil-fuelled power stations.
Russia is currently wasting their own money, which they could spend on wars and other useful stuff, by not deploying wind energy, and that's only going to become more true:
> The introduction of a cross-border carbon tax by the
EU in the near future or the fact that customers out-
side Russia want to decrease their purchases of pollut-
ing energy carriers may become a significant incentive
for the RES development in Russia, including wind en-
ergy. Russian exporters will be interested in investing in
renewable energy to save on carbon duties. The entire
Russian economy will also be interested in this as it is
more profitable to invest the financial resources in the
development of green industries within the country
than allowing the duties to be paid abroad.
> Speaking at a global manufacturing conference, the president said: "Wind-powered generation is good but are birds being taken into account in this case? How many birds are dying?"
> "[Wind turbines] shake, causing worms to come out of the soil. This is not a joke," he said.
...
> A study published in 2009 looking at the US and Europe estimated that wind farms were responsible for about 0.3 bird deaths for every 1GWh of electricity generated, compared with 5.2 deaths per 1GWh caused by fossil-fuelled power stations.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-48936941
Russia is currently wasting their own money, which they could spend on wars and other useful stuff, by not deploying wind energy, and that's only going to become more true:
> The introduction of a cross-border carbon tax by the EU in the near future or the fact that customers out- side Russia want to decrease their purchases of pollut- ing energy carriers may become a significant incentive for the RES development in Russia, including wind en- ergy. Russian exporters will be interested in investing in renewable energy to save on carbon duties. The entire Russian economy will also be interested in this as it is more profitable to invest the financial resources in the development of green industries within the country than allowing the duties to be paid abroad.
https://wwindea.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/210319-FESMOS...