Aagaard on Støjberg's energy proposal: Should Denmark only produce the number of pigs we can eat ourselves?
At the Danish Democrats' national meeting, chairwoman Inger Støjberg proposed dropping the government's plans to set up solar parks around the country. The majority of the solar projects that are currently in play are to be set up in Jutland. The Danish Democrats want to drop these and instead work to get more solar cells on the roofs.
- I think that iron fields look terrible. For me, solar cells belong on roofs and not on good agricultural land, says Inger Støjberg.
Inger Støjberg also wants to clarify how much green electricity is actually needed to cover the Danish energy needs. Støjberg criticizes that more electricity should be produced than is needed in Denmark.
- We should not be a battery for all of Northern Germany, she said from the podium.
Ministers must count to ten
However, this position makes Minister of Climate, Energy and Utilities Lars Aagaard shake his head.
"I'm just taking a deep breath and counting to 10 on top of Inger Støjberg's proposal that Denmark should only produce the amount of green electricity that we can use in Denmark," he writes in a post on his LinkedIn profile.
According to the minister, Støjberg's proposal, if implemented, will be really bad for rural areas.
"With this proposal, she is saying that we will soon stop building more offshore wind in Denmark. And in doing so, she is gambling with the many thousands of jobs associated with the Danish wind industry. These are large and important jobs outside Copenhagen - especially in West Jutland, Central Jutland, South Jutland, etc."
Moral responsibility
According to the minister, Denmark has a moral responsibility to become an exporter of green energy. He also questions whether the chairman of the Danish Democrats has understood the current foreign policy situation.
"It's as if Inger Støjberg hasn't understood that Europe is in a very, very critical situation. Europe needs to get out of Putin's clutches and get rid of Russian gas. And with more green energy, Danes and companies can also get cheap green energy. Danish offshore wind can help ensure all of that. I think we have a moral responsibility to do that."
He ends the post with a rhetorical question about Støjberg's position on another major Danish export.
"I wonder if we should also only produce the number of pigs that we can eat ourselves?"
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