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To: LindyBill who wrote (4591)	1/8/2003 2:12:41 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (3) of 6901

>>Power Crisis in Northern Europe (7 Jan 03) It seems the whole Northern Hemisphere is being swept up in a deep freeze stretching all the way from the USA to Japan to China, India, Bangladesh, Russia, eastern Europe, and now northern Europe. Those countries which were wise enough not to degrade their regular power sources for the new `green' sources are well placed to ride through this period. However, some countries have been foolish enough not to maintain their traditional sources and these are now paying the penalty with insufficient power to meet consumer needs for heating and the prospect of massive electricity bills for consumers. Finland finds itself with a shortfall of about 10% on power, making up the difference with imported power from Sweden and Russia. Pity about all those windmills with blades hanging limp just when you need them most. Norway is similarly hit. No new national power plant has been built for 10 years or so because of environmental politics. Plans for two new natural gas plants were also ditched a few years ago. Production is now to low to keep up with demand in a normal year. Two elderly Oslo residents died after they were found in unheated apartments. Also in Norway, electricity prices have risen three-fold in only a few months as demand-driven consumption is forcing up prices in a recently de-regulated market. What makes this problem all the more serious is that these countries have very long nights at this time of year, making the freezing cold virtually permanent with little relief from higher daytime temperatures. A word of advice to our Nordic friends. Forget Kyoto. Forget the green delusions. Forget the UN doomsayers and their `consensus'. Go build a few coal or gas power plants and put this nightmare behind you. If `global warming' were that real, this would not be happening.<< john-daly.com

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