In an emergency, the Federal Council has to rely on dirty electricity. The construction of oil power plants should be a wake-up call to accelerate the expansion of renewables. The pressure on landscape protection associations will increase.
One rubs one’s eyes: the energy crisis in Europe is collapsing ideological certainties. The Green German Economics and Climate Protection Minister Robert Habeck feels compelled to reconnect coal-fired power plants that have already been discarded to produce electricity. SP Energy Minister Simonetta Sommaruga now wants to protect Switzerland from widespread power failures with oil-powered power plants. Ideology is of no help in times of need; pragmatic solutions are what is needed. In contrast to gas, crude oil and coal will be readily available in the coming months.