A comprehensive electrification of Denmark is the path to climate gains and security policy freedom.
That is the rationale of the Radical Party, which therefore wants to spend billions of kroner to force the transition to electricity and further expand renewable energy.
- If we are to get energy prices down in Denmark, both for companies and ordinary citizens, everyone agrees that we must get rid of our fossil fuel imports, says Martin Lidegaard, political leader of the Radical Party.
In a new plan, which the Radical Party has published in connection with their national meeting this weekend, the party attempts to outline an even more ambitious climate policy for the coming ten years.
Here, industry and residential emissions are to be knocked completely to 0.0 tons of CO2 emissions per year, thereby saving 4.2 and 0.3 million tons of CO2 in each sector, respectively.
Pressed through
In addition to that, other climate measures will the party will spend 9.5 billion kroner per year so that industry can receive support to convert their fossil factories, and citizens can receive help to scrap oil and gas boilers.
Martin Lidegaard does not hide the fact that this is an attempt to push through the conversion. And that the social liberal politician has leaned towards the green development of more authoritarian states.
- It is a forced electrification, and I will not hide the fact that I am strongly inspired by the technological development that has taken place in China, he says.
China has focused heavily on the development of renewable energy in recent years, and extensive electrification is underway in the country. It is a consequence of a difficult, state strategic choice.
Martin Lidegaard understands that it does not immediately sound like a liberal approach to technology development.
- But the other side is that we have fought like crazy to get CO2 taxes on agriculture and industry, says Martin Lidegaard.
He points out that the Radicals would have liked to see the tax on agriculture in particular be even higher.
That said, he does not believe that the billions are of an extraordinary size.
- I am not frightened by this amount, because it is for a number of years that we are adapting.
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