Environment & Energy
In reply to the discussion: "Power to the People - Energy Consumption in Denmark" [View all]NNadir
(38,125 posts)They've been soothsaying for decades about what they do is to line their pockets with oil and gas money.
Like most "renewables will save us" types, they're full of fecal matter, and not just in their biodigesters.
The Danish Energy website, a poster child for anti-nuke hypocrisy, has a whole page dedicated to it's filthy North Sea operations.
http://www.ens.dk/en/oil-gas
If they're really interested in phasing out oil and gas, why don't they just do it, rather than dump responsibility for their inaction on future generations.
In the preface of their Energy Agency's report (link that follows) they happily note that they spent 1.2 billion Danish Kroner in 2012 to explore for new oil and gas fields, and note as well they have fields that have been pumping climate destroying grease and gas out of the North Sea since 1972.
http://www.ens.dk/sites/ens.dk/files/dokumenter/publikationer/downloads/oliegas_rapport_uk_-_2012.pdf
Their 1972 fields are not closed and they expect them to operate well beyond the 40 years they've been aiding the destruction of the planetary atmosphere. One can be sure that the fields they've drilled this year will still be killing people with air pollution late into the 21st century.
And one might reasonably ask how is it that their colonial empire in Greenland is being explored for oil and gas?
http://www.rigzone.com/news/oil_gas/a/126559/Greenland_Minister_Will_Issue_New_Oil_Exploration_Licenses
This sort of reminds me of the dumb anti-nuke Amory Lovins, who has spent an entire career trying to destroy the world's largest, by far, source of climate change gas free primary energy while consulting for oodles of oil and gas companies, including "Suncor" operators of the world's most filthy oil source, the Canadian Tar Sands fields.
Famous Anti-nuke Amory Lovins describes his revenue sources: