Finnish Green party's oil independence program

Tuike

There are parlimentary election's coming next month here and the Green party has released an election program for the next parlament season about getting free of oil dependance. There are twelwe points at the program, I try to translate them.

Checking buildings energy norms
Raising benefit to make small houses energy efficient
Raising tax for light heating oil
Helping oil heating with sun collectors
Energy saving announcements
Promote reviving society planning (building near mass transit)
Supporting remote work
Promote light traffic
Ambitious rail traffic program
Progressive driving tax
Satellite based rush hour payments
Promote alternate fuels

The list is translated from the Greens webpage.
PDF file of the program (in Finnish)

I read quickly the program. It was written with peak oil in mind.

Bas

Sounds very good, and I'm a green voter myself; how big is the green party in Finland?
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lateStarter

You will do fine in Finland, come what may. I would not count on the gov't in any country coming to our rescue. Prepare accordingly.
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lateStarter

Too much beer/piwo.... Sorry.. Another double post....
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IslandCrow

Thanks Tuike Smile

This document looks as if it is something I could give to my boss.

Now seems to be a good time to talk to him about changing from oil for heating, as someone filled the tank with summer grade heating oil and the whole lot froze in the recent cold spell --- not good for a residential home! Before this I knew diesel changed from summer to winter grades, but didn't know that heating oil did the same!

I have done my bit by getting rid of a 30+ year old oil heating system for ground heat exchange - that has worked well in the cold weather, but then I am in the "warm" part of Finland so have only had to manage a couple of days at - 20C. -- I feel good about not useing oil, but a little guilty about increasing electricity consumption. Embarassed

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Starvid

What about reactor no. 6?

Do they support, oppose or accept it?
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Peak oil is not an energy crisis. It is a liquid fuel crisis.

Tuike