Romania reverses course on shale gas

There is no evidence that the US/President Obama has any desire to cut the use of fracking- indeed, they are pleased with the 50% reduction in the costs of gas- generated electricity, as is US industry at large.

The reduction in carbon emissions from shale gas ( cleaner) in the USA makes a mockery of the EU's faith in regulations and taxation to enforce Green energy, as the EU's contribution to carbon emission has fallen far less than the relatively unregulated USA. ( Surprise., surprise)

Let us leave the introduction of Green Energy until it is competitive in an open market with fossil and other fuels without extra taxation- ie wait until it is as cheap as oil and gas, rather than artificially raising the prices of fossil fuels. In that condition the whole public would embrace Green without demur.

The so-called low energy EU light bulb is a classic case of officious meddling- LED lights actually work , are clean, and need not cost any more than the polluting present fixtures) A dead give-away is that the EU bulbs cannot be disposed of in house-hold rubbish(due to toxic metals) unlike the incandescent filament bulbs they have replaced. How typical to replace a clean light bulb with a dirty one and call it Greener! Even Tacitus would have blushed at such a thing.

Only politicians could be so absurd- they could and should have waited until LED bulbs became cheaper for all.

As it is , only various degrees of compulsion will work; these, ipso facto are likely to be worse than the disease they aspire to cure. Government nannying usually achieves the opposite of its stated goals

Now that we have learned that global warming is effectively frozen over the past 15 years, it would be more useful for the EU to set about REDUCING energy costs for its hard pressed consumers. It is totally unacceptable that several of the world's richest countries have achieved energy poverty( a need to choose between eating and heating) for millions of consumers.

Green ( or is it Red?)Germany is conspicuous in creating an artificial energy famine for many thousands, while the UK is even worse. Now energy, next generation will it be food? Artificial Famine is an proven tool of tyrants

No electorate can or should put up with such fraud!

AS for solar power satellites they are indeed futuristic , because of the high costs of access to Space. The actual concept of wireless transmission of energy( on which the whole idea is based) has now been demonstrated across 148 kms of open sea between two Hawaian islands in 2008. No demonstrable harm to the environment or wildlife was shown.

The costs of launches, and thus of access to ET resources- is vast but is set to fall from 10-100 fold over the coming decade thanks to private entrepreneurship, carried out by very wealthy and successful people who do NOT think solar power satellites are absurd. IN a few short years, the Stock Markets will decide the issue?

My timetable, I fully agree, is speculative- but the activities of Mitsubishi in Japan give me some support.

Futuristic technology is always ridiculed before it happens. That is par for the course.

It would be good to see the Green/Reds ( mostly misanthropes) put out of business before they dictate more impoverishment and misery to guilt-ridden millions.

People who wish to control Humanity "to Save the Planet" are direct descendants of those who wished to "save" a particular Race or Class at the expense of others, and their methods and results , if empowered, would be far worse than mere climate change.

History has not given the salesmen of hair shirts a good press!