Energy, Descalzi: “Irreversible energy transition”
“The energy transition is irreversibleindispensable, sacrosanct, but if we are unable to insert private capital into the transition and we plan to do it only with subsidieswhen the fiscal margin in Europe no longer exists we cause damage to the entire economic systemwho can no longer even invest”. Claudio Descalzi chooses Monica Maggioni’s living room, on Rai Tre, in the broadcast “In half an hour”For remember that the State alone cannot cope with the transition, but the help and commitment of private individuals is also needed.
The CEO of Eni he recalled that the state-owned energy company “has been investing massively since ancient times, since 2014” in “biofuels to “replace oil” responding to criticism from those who accuse the group of wanting to delay decarbonisation.
“Biofuels – he notes – come from agricultural products that do not compete with the agri-food chain and from waste”, boast “a drop in emissions between 70 and 90%” and can be used in Euro 5 and Euro 6 engines. ad then remembered how this has led to the conversion of refineries, avoiding their closure and that the group is also active in the production of renewables.
“We must control businesses, but we must not put constraints as if we were controlling an enemy: businesses are not the enemy, they create jobs, development and lower costs if there are real synergies”, stated Descalzi, speaking about Europe during a long interview. “We must raise our heads and remove all types of dogma and ideology to do the things that need to be done and help society”, added the top manager. “We must arrive, at a European level, to acquire the pragmatism that the Anglo-Saxons have: give companies the ability, by controlling them, to develop entrepreneurial aptitude and attract private capital. We cannot think of giving subsidies and subsidies” because, concluded Descalzi, “the subsidy atrophies entrepreneurial and work capacity”.
As for the high energy costs the CEO of the Six-legged Dog explained that “if we had greater diversification in Italy we could have lower costs” while the cost of the energy bill is slightly higher than in other countries also because “in addition to the cost of the raw material there are system charges which account for over 20%, and which include the cost of the subsidies, in addition to transport and taxes”. On the energy mix, Descalzi recalls that “other countries like France” have “nuclear, while we work with gas and renewables”.
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