CommentTege Tornvall: Swedish environmental policy is characterized by mixed messages - where no environmental considerations seem to apply to wind power.
Tege Tornvall is a columnist for The Nordic Times.
He has a past as a writer at Veckans Affärer, Ny Teknik, Teknisk Tidskrift and as an info consultant for leading computer and industrial companies.
Tornvall is active for the Klimatsans network and has published two books on the climate issue: "The sun drives our climate" and "What if it gets colder?".
Tege Tornvall
Climate policy free-for-all
ColumnsTege Tornvall: It is the tax money of ordinary households that will finance the transition of poorer countries to expensive and unreliable energy.
More expensive petrol and diesel to encourage more people to buy electric cars
ColumnsTege Tornvall: The aim is to “make it unthinkable to buy gasoline or diesel cars”.
Money that does not exist
ColumnsTege Tornvall: Although carbon dioxide is needed and scarce in the atmosphere, we are spending hundreds of billions of SEK that do not yet exist to reduce the levels.
Urban monitoring stations give misleading picture
ColumnsTege Tornvall: Temperatures are measured not only in the vicinity, but increasingly also inside cities and towns, where it can be several degrees warmer than in the surrounding countryside.
No fuels are “fossil”
ColumnsTege Tornvall: Calling oil and gas from the ground "fossil" plays into the hands of alarmists.
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Colder climate brings ‘extreme weather’
ColumnsTege Tornvall: Instead of linking 'extreme weather' solely to warmer climates, it can actually be a sign of cooler conditions.
Less carbon dioxide means less nutrients for plants
ColumnsTege Tornvall: Stockholm Exergi spends a lot of money on removing the plants' vital nutrients.
Unusually cold in many regions
ColumnsTege Tornvall: The media should report comprehensively on the world's weather.
When China turns inward, the world is running out of resources
ColumnsTege Tornvall: Factors both inside and outside China affect world trade.
No one escapes the chokehold of driving
ColumnsTege Tornvall: Politicians are systematically making it increasingly difficult for ordinary people to have a car.
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