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"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to thank Mr Linkohr for his excellent report. In my opinion, however, we are not dependent on oil but dependent on cars and transport. This is what we are dependent on, this is what will soon consume 70% of oil. They also surround this building, all the European Parliament buildings and all the offices, the same vehicles which consume our oil. By the way, who has ever heard of car-free offices? There is no such thing. Engine technology can be changed and fuels developed but the most efficient solution can be achieved by reducing traffic or by switching to rail, as has now been suggested.
The rapporteur proposes more energy-efficient windows. That is a good saving. It would save 20% of oil. We did this in Finland as far back as 25 years ago – triple glazing. What next?
Transporting energy is one problem. I support local forms of energy. In Finland, for example, 30% of the land area is bog. We use less than one percent of this and it does not have to be transported anywhere. These are the right solutions. Therefore, for us using the annual growth in peat makes sense.
However, it is clear that these savings will not be achieved in time. Renewable energy sources are not sufficiently fast. Therefore, we will have to do something else and as far as I am concerned this is either nuclear power or natural gas. Let us choose natural gas, it can be found in the north in the Barents Sea area as Mr Pohjamo said. There is an incredible amount of it there, more than in the Caspian Basin. It could be the high point of the northern dimension. I thank the Commissioner for the energy dialogue with Russia but it has to be speeded up. My proposal is to focus on cooperation between the Union and Russia which will create shortcuts. Russia’s partners are large and they are used to shortcuts. They will enable us to gain speed and at the same time develop legislation. Besides, there is a war going on in the Caucasus and there is peace in the north. There is nothing there except polar bears and silent Scandinavians. This cooperation would work and would secure energy provision."@en1
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