Crisis? What crisis?
Czech politicians may fight over power but never over the need for more power stations.
Greetings from the Czech Republic! August 2013
This week, as we swelter in the heatwave, our rulers are hard at work in parliament. The Bill on the support of energy sources (Vl. návrh zák. o podporovaných zdrojích energie), the precursor to the more substantial Lex Temelín amendment, which will follow shortly, will receive its First Reading this week.
Zeman’s lapdog government is urging lawmakers to pass the bill in just thirty days rather than the standard ninety. And despite the bitter power struggle being waged between them, lawmakers will do as they are being asked by heavy industry minister Jiří Cienciala, the sponsor of the bill prepared earlier by his predecessor Martin Kuba.
For when it comes to the energy sector, all politicians are as one.
The rulers of this country champion the virtues of a closed society and a one-way, export economy built on abundant electricity generated by a monopoly using nuclear technology from the 1950s. All parliamentary parties support the nuclear vision, regardless of the economic and geo-political costs. All subscribe to the view that the Germans are irrational in moving away from nuclear. All dismiss renewable energy as childish nonsense (and invested in photovoltaic parks.) All support the national energy champion and its abusive behaviour. And all are funded by it.
I call this Temelinomics. But it is still economics. Whoever governs this country and whichever investor is chosen, someone has to cover the financial losses that will be caused by doubling the capacity of Temelín in a stagnant electricity market. And it won’t be ČEZ or Westinghouse or Rosatom.
It will be Czech households. But why would politicians spoil your summer by telling you? They will do what they can to pass Lex Temelín as quickly and as quietly as possible. The draft does not mention the word ‘Temelín’, and it barely mentions the word ‘nuclear’. And above all, it allows the actual size of the public subsidy (your future electricity bill) to be set by government decree, thereby dispensing altogether with the need for parliamentary scrutiny.
Greetings from the Czech Republic! August 2013
PS Here is Supertramp's 'School' from their Crime of the Century album. The photo above is of course the cover of their Crisis? What Crisis? album.
Thank you Supertramp!
Greetings from the Czech Republic! August 2013
This week, as we swelter in the heatwave, our rulers are hard at work in parliament. The Bill on the support of energy sources (Vl. návrh zák. o podporovaných zdrojích energie), the precursor to the more substantial Lex Temelín amendment, which will follow shortly, will receive its First Reading this week.
Zeman’s lapdog government is urging lawmakers to pass the bill in just thirty days rather than the standard ninety. And despite the bitter power struggle being waged between them, lawmakers will do as they are being asked by heavy industry minister Jiří Cienciala, the sponsor of the bill prepared earlier by his predecessor Martin Kuba.
For when it comes to the energy sector, all politicians are as one.
The rulers of this country champion the virtues of a closed society and a one-way, export economy built on abundant electricity generated by a monopoly using nuclear technology from the 1950s. All parliamentary parties support the nuclear vision, regardless of the economic and geo-political costs. All subscribe to the view that the Germans are irrational in moving away from nuclear. All dismiss renewable energy as childish nonsense (and invested in photovoltaic parks.) All support the national energy champion and its abusive behaviour. And all are funded by it.
I call this Temelinomics. But it is still economics. Whoever governs this country and whichever investor is chosen, someone has to cover the financial losses that will be caused by doubling the capacity of Temelín in a stagnant electricity market. And it won’t be ČEZ or Westinghouse or Rosatom.
It will be Czech households. But why would politicians spoil your summer by telling you? They will do what they can to pass Lex Temelín as quickly and as quietly as possible. The draft does not mention the word ‘Temelín’, and it barely mentions the word ‘nuclear’. And above all, it allows the actual size of the public subsidy (your future electricity bill) to be set by government decree, thereby dispensing altogether with the need for parliamentary scrutiny.
Greetings from the Czech Republic! August 2013
PS Here is Supertramp's 'School' from their Crime of the Century album. The photo above is of course the cover of their Crisis? What Crisis? album.
Babiš vsadil na všeluxující taktiku. Potřebuje, aby lidé co nejméně přemýšleli
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Pokrok nevidí rodinu jako temnou sluj a ženu jako předmět. Prosazuje se ale jen těžce
Overtonovo okno a politika
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