Etelä-Suomen Sanomat participates in the debate on the price of petrol.
“Minister of Transport and Communications Timo Harakka (sd) said in an interview with Uutissuomalainen in October that he would not increase the price of petrol and diesel. … Before Christmas, Harakka had to correct his earlier statements about whether the price of fossil gasoline could be the same ten years from now. The magpie admitted it was going to rise. He previously calculated that the rapid electrification of the car fleet will reduce the price pressure on fossil fuels. ”
“Because of the increase, Harakka rolled over Prime Minister Juha Sipilä’s (central) government and its ambitious bio-program. It decided to increase the so-called bio-share of transport fuel. ”
“The government is scheduled to decide on new climate measures in the spring. Sipilä, chairman of the Environment Committee, has said that no new climate decisions or fuel tax increases are needed next spring. According to Sipilä, it is almost impossible to evaluate the measures taken to mitigate climate change, which are aimed at ten years from now, six months after the decisions. ”
“Emma Kari, the recent Minister for the Environment of the Greens, has said that the Greens will insist that more emission reduction measures be taken if the measures already decided are not enough. He has reminded that Finland continues to support the use of fossil fuels and that tax subsidies that are harmful to the climate must be considered. ”
“The equation is extremely difficult. Emissions from transport need to be reduced, but it is unfair if those who pay for old electric cars who cannot afford to buy an expensive electric car have to pay. ”
The People of Lapland deplores the polarization of the climate debate.
“The thinking‘ if you’re not on our side, you’re against us ’has become more common not only among leading politicians but also among experts in the field. As attitudes sharpen, the willingness to compromise fades. Profits are sought for one’s own ideology by any means. This benefits the populists, who do not have the solution to difficult problems. ”
“Finland’s forests are now under a lot of pressure. They should act as carbon sinks and provide a raw material for the forest-based industry, which is vital for the maintenance of a prosperous society, while also taking care of biodiversity to halt species extinction. ”
“Reconciling the equation is not easy, but it is possible.”
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