Before the appearance of Pedro Sánchez today in the Plenary of Congress to talk about the blackout, Greenpeace positively values the defense of the energy transition carried out by the President, as well as his commitment to the renewable energies and the need to invest in network and storage improvements. However, the organization stands out Two big forgotten themes in his speech: On the one hand, the urgency of Remove the gas from the electrical system for its climate impact, its cost and the dangerous dependence which generates regimes such as Putin or Trump. On the other, the need for foster the role of citizenship and municipalities in demand management and energy self -consumption.
In addition, the president has made special allusion to reopened debate of the closure of nuclear centralshighlighting that they did not contribute or resilience against the blackout or capacity for an early recovery, but quite the opposite. “We regret that the president is open to renegotiate the nuclear closure calendar, but we applaud that the negotiation premises are maintaining maximum nuclear safety, guaranteeing the stability of the network and that the costs are paid by the proprietary companies. From Greenpeace we consider that in these three aspects we are facing a type of energy that clearly loses. Nuclear energy is a ballast for network stability: it is not flexible enough to complement renewable energy. Nor does it earn in security or cost, as nuclear lengthened with certainty requires a expensive investment, as already seen in other countries. In addition, it generates more hazardous waste, so we would only be delving into its already ruinous operation”Francisco del Pozo, responsible for the Greenpeace energy campaign, has highlighted. And he added: “If there is one lesson clear of this blackout is that the future is not in nuclear or gas: the future will be 100% renewable, flexible, efficient, sufficient, safe and fair or not ”.
Sanchez has also highlighted the need to eliminate fossil fuels to mitigate the climatic crisis and avoid the loss of wealth aimed at oil and gas producing countries. “From Greenpeace we agree with the president, but it is important to add that The climatic crisis is also aggravating extreme climatic events such as the DANA of Valencia, and which are the oil and gas companies that should pay extraordinary taxeslike the one that was recently withdrew, for being the main responsible and causing of climate change ”he pointed out of the well.
-Finally, Greenpeace shares the open vision of the security Beyond rearmament and defends that this should focus on resilience against climate change and strategic autonomy offered by a 100% renewable energy system and not dependent on fossil oligarchies. Faced with the tension of public resources, the organization AFEA to the Government the increase in military spending, which includes more weapons purchases to the United States, which will detract money for fundamental responsible investments for climate adaptation and clean energy transition.
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