Norway closing last coal mine in Svalbard to save planet.
Nearby Russian coal mines keep operating.
“If you don’t take coal from us, you’ll take coal from someone else where it’s not that good – the world needs to take coal for your Tesla battery.”
Meanwhile: In Q1 of 2022 alone, China approved the development of more than 8GW of new coal-fired power plants, adding to the 18GW approved in 2021.
There’s norway in hell that they’ll save the planet.
JohnPeg Give me your phone…
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/01/27/friday-funny-long-term-career-plan/
“After the main village of Longyearbyen, 16 kilometers (10 miles) away, announced it would switch its only energy plant from coal-fired to diesel this year, and later to greener alternatives..”
What’s another term for kerosene?
Coal oil! *While not exactly the same, coal oil can be extracted from bituminous coal (which Norway has) and used as a fuel source, especially in areas that have coal, but not petroleum…
South Africa’s main source of gasoline for decades. SASOL – serving South Africa’s transportation needs since 1955 (1.5 BILLION BARRELS of fuel from Coal in the first 50 Yrs of operation).
How dare you!
L – Communist China on it’s way to be the world’s only superpower. Brought to you by
(formerly the Free World) governments bent on de-industrialization. Prostrating
themselves in pagan nature worship, while sacrificing their own citizens on the altar.
The “woke” leaders “anti-hate” policies are self-hate. If you elect the insane. They turn your nation-state into an insane asylum.
Larry
Great comment – succinct and 100% bang on.
The west is led by self loathing quasi NAZI garbage…
Yep. You nailed it, Larry.
When China announced their coal mining intentions;
They just destroyed 200 years of Gretagreens Utopia.
If you looked, you’d probably find that Scoldilocks is paid by China (or at least her handlers are), in the same way that the german green party was funded by the KGB, and much for the same reason.
Norway, the country where oil & gas sales is its single largest industry.
First, we’ll “transition”, to where, we have no clue!
The entire west, the Anglosphere in particular, has gone batshit crazy, as have their citizens.
Tranny this, Gaea that, BLM the other thing.
China, Iran, Russia, etc are not batshit crazy, nor are their citizens.
It’s scheduled to be shut down in two years, cutting carbon dioxide emissions in this fragile, rapidly changing environment, but also erasing the identity of a century-old mining community that fills many with deep pride even as the primary activities shift to science and tourism.
What does that even mean? “primary activities shift to science”? As if there is no science to coal mining? No engineering? No logic to the massively abundant, inexpensive, fuel? And what of the SCIENCE of coal exhaust scrubbers … which has dramatically cleaned up coal combustion?
Once again … a writer … a paper shuffler … tells us that (implied) … global warming is the only true science. As if this writer knows anything about it. This is a sociology article … not a science article.
Jabbing yourself = science, so I guess their streets will be filled with people jabbing themselves, just like LA and SF and Oakland.
Progress!
Their 2 primary activities are oil & gas and seafood. By 2026 all ships traveling to Norway will have to be hydrogen or electric. Their 3rd largest industry is tourism. Not sure if they will be demanding electric planes.
Norway thinks it’s in the driver’s seat because its electrical grid is almost 100% renewable. However, there is having electricity and there is generating revenue and they’re not the same thing. I don’t think Norway will learn that until 2027.
When did Norwiggens lose their tiny minds.
Norwegians are just swedes with their heads cut off. My old friend Harry Steingard the Swede told me that forty years ago. Since I am half Norwegian I took great umbrage to that until I heard the opposite story about Swedes from a Norwegian.
Or is it aboot?
I’m deeply concerned about that “fragile, rapidly changing environment.” WTF does that even mean? But that is what passes for “science” in this day and age.
Almost all articles, these days, are sociology articles, even the published ones in science and medical journals..
We have eschewed the truth, in favour of feeeeelings!
Ohhhhhh Mommmmmma!
Ohhhhhh mommmaaaaaa … I’m … feeling … sick for my Scandinavian relatives.
Stupid people think CO2 is a pollutant and climate driver, neither of which is true. Way too many stupid people on this planet.
Stupid people with Power … and Money (lifted from OUR pockets)
That is ok. Eventually they will have to reopen it.
You can only abuse the animals in your care for so long before they turn on you.. Where is it written that I have to save them from themselves?.. Its not..