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To: Brumar89 who wrote (39923)5/22/2013 10:32:00 AM
From: Wharf Rat  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 86356
 
"So why is energy so much more expensive in Europe than it is in USA?"

The dependency of the European Union (EU) on energy imports , particularly of oil and more recently of gas, forms the backdrop for policy concerns relating to the security of energy supplies. This article looks at the production of primary energy in the EU and, as a result of the shortfall between production and consumption, the EU’s increasing dependency on energy imports from non-member countries. Indeed, more than half (54.1 %) of the EU-27’s gross inland energy consumption in 2010 came from imported sources.

epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu



To: Brumar89 who wrote (39923)5/22/2013 10:45:37 AM
From: miraje  Respond to of 86356
 
So why is energy so much more expensive in Europe than it is in USA? The TAZ writes that this is primarily due to the fact that USA is “exploiting its shale gas reserves using controversial fracking“.

Plus the fact that Europeans tax the hell out of conventional energy..


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