Many people ask me what the internal energy market is about. Actually it does look like a very technical issue only suitable for engineers. It is technical indeed, but for final consumers, the opening of the energy market would mean that you can choose your electricity in the same way as you chose your potatoes.
Which ranges between pathetic and an insult to the audience's intelligence. When the capital development of a country becomes a by-product of the activities of a casino, the job is likely to be ill-done. — John M. Keynes
It will be interesting to see if your comment passes moderation.
The Big Lie about consumer competition is that consumers aren't the ones allowed to do the choosing - the choosing happens on the stock markets, and leverage is applied against companies which 'don't perform.'
Consumers don't have access to that leverage. It's analyst expecations which drive performance levels and consumer prices, and there's nothing 'competitive' about lowering prices.
The mythical notion of consumer choice as it's usually presented can't possibly exist in those circumstances. Instead you reliably get a distributed monopoly, which usually tries to turn itself into a cartel with explicit price fixing agreements, even when they're illegal.
these statements are misleading or plain wrong. I myself drive an ethanol-powered Saab 9-5 and certainly I would not even think of it if I had the slightest suspicion that I'm contributing in any way to global warming, or, even worse, to an international genocide.
Euan from the Oil Drum
So you are driving a vehicle that is only 5% efficient and is wasting 95% of the primary energy used to propel it. As the EU Energy Commissioner I would be keeping this very much secret.
Does Piebalgs actually read the comments? Most of them are high quality and demolish his arguments, but he doesn't - for some reason - appear to be listening.
They're substantial, structured posts with quite a bit of background, and would probably take a couple of hours to write from scratch. I'd be surprised if he feels he has that kind of time to spare on a blog which will only ever be a minority interest.
The lack of feedback and interaction is another give-away - it looks like push-blogging, not engagement blogging.
Does Piebalgs actually read the comments?
Perhaps he delegates the entire blog to some junior staffer. It would appear that he is a web poseur. If so this might be an opportunity. As the Dutch said while fighting the Spanish: "It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."
Has the "moderation" which your post awaited been provided? Was it displayed on his site? As the Dutch said while fighting the Spanish: "It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."
And one other thing, if I turn a light on during the night how can anyone guarantee me that the electricity is not coming from a Coal or Nuclear power station (the baseload generators) instead of the windmill electricity I bought at the supermarket?
What a load of nonsense. Vencit omnia veritas.
