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Maria Rautanen wrote that the Left Alliance proposed tightening the taxation of domestic wood fuels and energy peat. According to her, the proposal could increase heating costs, weaken the competitiveness of domestic energy production, and increase pressures on security of supply. Rautanen assessed that the costs could impact low-income individuals, whose position the Left, in her opinion, claimed to defend, and criticized the proposal for not taking into account its possible effects on the daily lives of ordinary Finns. #kotimainenenergia #verotus #lämmitys (translated)

The Daily Bureaucrat wrote, referring to information received from within the government, that the National Coalition Party would have been willing to lower the distribution obligation just like the Finns Party. According to him, the Swedish People's Party and Anders Adlercreutz, however, adhered to the principle agreed upon in the coalition negotiations, according to which the government program cannot be deviated from without unanimous consent. According to the Daily Bureaucrat, the Swedish People's Party did not give its consent and was thus responsible for the prices paid by drivers at gas stations. #politiikka #hallitus #Suomi (translated)

Maria Rautanen wrote that Russian nickel was still used in Finland for battery and defense industry needs, while climate policy, in her opinion, had reduced the energy use of domestic peat. She described it as contradicting that the availability of a critical raw material was wanted to be secured while domestic security of supply reserves were being aimed to eliminate. Rautanen questioned the concept of security of supply if dependence on imports was accepted but domestic alternatives were rejected. (translated)

Henri Vanhanen wrote that NATO's commander for European forces, Alexus Grynkewich, had described the alliance's strategic thinking in preparation for a possible Russian attack without revealing classified operational plans. According to Vanhanen, the speech aimed to convey that an attack on NATO territory would fail, and to reassure Europeans. He noted that the speech did not indicate, in his view, that NATO was anticipating an immediate attack. Vanhanen mentioned that Grynkewich summarized the theory of victory in three phases: the attack would be halted, its advance would be paralyzed, and if necessary, the military system supporting the attack would be broken. According to Vanhanen, this could mean strikes not only against the attacking troops but also against their logistics, command, and other support systems, if necessary, within Russian territory. The goal, in his interpretation, would not be to defeat Russia as a state, but to prevent it from seizing even part of NATO territory and pressuring the alliance to accept the situation. Vanhanen also highlighted from the speech that the plan took into account a situation where U.S. forces would be tied up in another war. He considered this a crucial issue for Europe and referred to the limited military resources of the United States and Trump's Russia policy, which he believed had made Washington's decisions difficult to predict. Vanhanen proposed that alongside NATO's plan, Europe needs its own plan for victory. Its goal would be for European NATO countries to be able to repel and defeat a large-scale conventional Russian attack over the next ten years even without U.S. combat troops. He believed this would require a joint assessment of the shortcomings in European defense, regular exercises without the assumption of U.S. participation, and binding decisions to correct the deficiencies. Vanhanen wrote that the purpose of a credible deterrent would be to make the initiation of war unprofitable for Russia. #Nato #Venäjä #turvallisuus (translated)

According to Antti Häkkänen, active international support had been built for the TNT factory in Finland, and the work had started to produce results. He reported that nearly 20 million euros of support from the United States had previously been announced for the project and that the EU had now granted it 30 million euros. According to Häkkänen, the project increased domestic defense industry and strengthened supply security. #huoltovarmuus https://t.co/oESsZEg0GA #puolustusteollisuus #kansainvälinen #tuki (translated)

Maria Rautanen questioned the transportation of foreign waste to Finland for energy production. She referred to information from Kaleva, which indicated that nearly 50,000 tons of waste had been brought to Oulu for incineration at Oulu Energy and Syklon facilities since 2021. According to her, waste had even been transported from the outskirts of a landfill in Rome and from the shores of the Arctic Ocean. Rautanen wrote that according to Kaleva, nearly a third of the imports had occurred with figures that had been mistakenly approved by the Finnish Environment Institute. She demanded a transparent investigation into the permit errors. Rautanen criticized the downsizing of Finland's domestic energy production, particularly the reduction of peat use due to taxation and emissions trading costs. According to her, Finnish contractors and energy entrepreneurs had ceased operations, machines had been sold, and expertise in the sector was disappearing as energy was produced by importing waste from thousands of kilometers away. Rautanen called for open life cycle assessments to justify the import of foreign waste, taking into account transport by road and sea, combustion emissions, ash, waste impurities, and domestic fuels replaced by imported waste. She also demanded information about the quality of the waste brought to Finland, its monitoring, and the effects of combustion on flue gases, heavy metals, and fine particles. Rautanen believed that Finland's energy supply should fundamentally rely on domestic raw materials, local labor, and supply security. She found it difficult to accept that waste transported from Rome was used for energy production while the use of domestic peat had been reduced, and she questioned whether this constituted sensible circular economy practices. https://t.co/2CjRydkxAO #ilmasto #energia #kiertotalous (translated)

Riku-Mikael Leppänen asked how France could be in financial trouble, even though in his opinion it had taken in many skilled workers from Africa and the Middle East. He wondered whether immigration should have improved the dependency ratio and economic development compared to other countries. Leppänen also asked how Poland's economy could grow explosively without immigration from the third world. #talous #maahanmuutto #Ranska (translated)

Maria Rautanen wrote that the price of electricity varies according to weather conditions, from zero to the clouds, and noted that there is no power reserve for the winter of 2026-2027. She welcomed the winter and emphasized that energy and supply security are the foundation of societal functioning, not side issues. #sähkö #energia #huoltovarmuus (translated)

The author estimates that Russia's strikes on Kyiv's bridges would make the Kerch Bridge a logical target for Ukraine's counterattack. He described the bridge as an artificial connection through which Russia linked the occupied Crimea to its own territory, as well as a supply and symbolic route for the occupation. #Ukraina #Krim #sota #FI #RU #UA #CR (translated)

Samu Mökillä wrote that in Finland, with its long distances, many families needed a car for their daily lives, and that the fuel prices raised by the Middle East crisis had increased the cost of essential transportation. He criticized the proposal to use the commuting tax deduction to alleviate the situation, arguing that it mainly benefited commuters. According to him, the support would not help, for example, farmers, the transport sector, or lawnmowers. Mökkilä asked why fuel prices could be lowered elsewhere in the world but not in Finland, and considered the commuting tax deduction insufficient if the cost of living was also rising. He estimated that individual support lost its significance as general inflation consumed purchasing power. The rise in fuel costs would also increase freight rates, food production, industry, and logistics, which would be reflected in the prices of many products. He called for a reduction in distribution obligations and taxes instead of subsidies and described the commuting support as a small band-aid for a broader increase in living costs. According to Mökillä, politicians wanted to appear to be doing something, even if the support's impact on people's wallets was overshadowed by rising prices. Mökkilä also wrote that the state budget was heavily in deficit and dependent on revenues collected from motorists. He stated that high fuel taxes were part of climate policy, but rural residents, actors in the transport sector, and small entrepreneurs often had no opportunity to change their fleets or reduce driving. He criticized politicians for disregarding the situation of ordinary Finns, saying that while there was talk of savings, millions were sent to a terrorist organization. #Suomi #polttoaine #talous (translated)

This is no longer just a political blunder, but probably the most humiliating national failure in the history of Finland's industry. This analysis reveals black on white how totally and blindly the Finnish state leadership has sold the interests of its own citizens in front of the marketing department of Silicon Valley. Let's break down this "sleight of hand" into three devastating facts that make the government's actions completely inexcusable. First of all, despite all the prime minister-level hype, promises, and the liturgy of the green transition, the outcome is harsh. As a result of Google's massive investments, no new electricity production is being built in Finland—zero megawatts. The company's marketing department worded it so cleverly that the government, desperately thirsty for economic growth, swallowed the bait completely baffled. The leadership was smilingly taken in front of cameras as a guarantor for a project that will not bring a single new watt to the Finnish grid. The second issue is the hijacking of national base power. This is the real, chilling bomb of the news. Since no new electricity will come, where will these massive data centers draw their power? The answer: from our nuclear power. The analysis reveals that as much as 500 megawatts of Finland's nuclear power capacity is dedicated exclusively to Google until 2050. This nuclear power is not just any electricity. It is precisely that stable, weather-independent base power that is vital for Finland's price stability and security of supply. The government is thus surrendering half a gigawatt of infrastructure intended to safeguard Finnish citizens during cold days to a multinational monopoly for the next quarter century. Thirdly, the master has definitively become a servant. When 500 megawatts of stable nuclear power is tied to Google's inflexible use, and no new capacity is brought in, the mathematical equation is devastating for the Finnish consumer. When a calm cold spell strikes in January, our electricity grid will lack that 500-megawatt lifesaver. It is dedicated to AI computation, and the ordinary Finnish citizen will pay for it with horrendous spikes in market electricity prices and increased transmission fees from Fingrid. The Finnish government allowed a multinational company to blind itself with platitudes and let a foreign entity walk straight into the national switchboard. This is not an investment in Finland. This is a hostile resource grab, which the country's own leadership blessed with a smile, sacrificing the energy security and purchasing power of Finns at the altar of the company's marketing trick. In democracy, there is one simple and ruthless rule: if the highest leadership of the state cannot defend the interests of its own people, it must step aside. Looking at this chain of events and the facts revealed by Talouselämä, the demand for Prime Minister Orpo's resignation is no longer just political shouting. It is the only logical conclusion in a situation where the head of government has shown a total lack of judgment in securing national infrastructure and the economy. The prime minister's job is to be the master in his own country. His task is to sit at the negotiating table, look the world's richest companies in the eye, and say: "This is our grid, our nuclear power, and our nature. You will pay for the infrastructure, you will build the new electricity, and you will pay the royalties here. Otherwise, you can take your servers elsewhere." If the prime minister is not capable of this—if he is so desperate that he can be led by a marketing department's word games like a measuring cup—he does not have the backbone that leading Finland requires in this global squeeze. Then there is only one right action: hand the keys back to the people and resign. #Suomi #politiikka #energiapolitiikka (translated)

Arvoisa entinen maa- ja metsätalousministeri Antti Kurvinen, Syyttävän sormen osoittaminen nykyiseen hallitukseen maaseudun ahdingosta on Keskustalta ja teiltä itseltänne sellaista poliittista teatteria, jossa unohtuu kokonaan oma peilikuva. On helppoa ja populistista huudella oppositiosta käsin toimettomuudesta ja jättää välikysymyksiä, kun on ensin itse ollut maa- ja metsätalousministerinä luomassa juuri niitä solmuja, joita maaseudulla nyt avataan. Vilkaistaas hieman keskustan ja Kurvisen aikaansaannoksia. Keskusta istui hallituksessa hyväksymässä energiaturpeen alasajon ja veronkiristykset, jotka ajoivat elinkeinonharjoittajat ahdinkoon. Kruununa tälle katastrofille te sääditte romutustuen, jolla maksettiin miljoonia siitä, että toimivat, kalliit ja huoltovarmuuden kannalta kriittiset turvekoneet pistettiin palasiksi. Te teitte tämän vain kuukausia ennen kuin Venäjän hyökkäyssota räjäytti energiakriisin silmillemme ja kotimaista energiaa olisikin tarvittu enemmän kuin koskaan. Se oli historiallinen emämunaus, jonka laskua maksetaan edelleen. Te sitoutitte Suomen maailman tiukimpiin kuuluvaan vuoden 2035 hiilineutraaliustavoitteeseen ja uuteen ilmastolakiin. Keskusta toimi kynnysmattona politiikalle, joka lisäsi suoraan sääntelyä, toi rajoituksia turvepeltojen käsittelyyn ja korotti alkutuotannon kustannuksia aikana, jolloin tilat olivat jo valmiiksi kuilun partaalla. Te annoitte vihreän siirtymän mennä ruokaturvan edelle. Teidän omalla ministerikaudellanne maa- ja metsätalousministeriössä muotoiltiin Suomen linja uuteen EU:n maatalouspolitiikkaan. Tämän epäonnistuneen neuvottelutuloksen seurauksena suomalaisten viljelijöiden niskaan kaadettiin ennennäkemätön määrä uutta byrokratiaa, kyttäämistä ja tiukkoja ympäristöehtoja. Teidän luomanne järjestelmä oli niin monimutkainen ja hidas, että se sotki tilojen arjen lisäksi jopa tukien maksuaikataulut ja ajoi tilat maksuvalmiuskriisiin. Keskusta on ollut 2000-luvulla seitsemässä eri hallituksessa, ja sillä on ollut maatalousministerin salkku jopa kahdeksan vuotta putkeen. Keskustalla on ollut koko 2000-luvulla merkittävä valta vaikuttaa suomalaiseen maatalouspolitiikkaan. On suorastaan lapsellista hurskastelua syyttää nykyistä hallitusta siitä, että se joutuu nyt siivoamaan Keskustan ministerikausien jälkiä, purkamaan teidän rakentamaanne sääntelytaakkaa ja palauttamaan realistista otetta talous- ja maaseutupolitiikkaan. Ennen kuin jätätte seuraavaa välikysymystä tai jaatte syyttäviä lausuntoja, kannattaisi muistaa, kenen kynästä ja kenen hallituskausilta nykyiset maaseudun ongelmat ovat peräisin. Te olette itse yksi arkkitehti siinä kriisissä, josta nyt syytätte muita. #maatalous #politiikka #ilmasto

Viime talvena sähkönkulutus nousi ennätykseen, 15 553 MW:iin. Fingrid totesi, että kylminä ja tuulettomina hetkinä sähköjärjestelmässä oli vähän marginaalia. Jos samaan hetkeen olisi osunut suuren voimalaitoksen tai tärkeän siirtoyhteyden vika, olisimme olleet kusessa. 😵‍💫 #huoltovarmuus #sähkönkulutus #huoltovarmuus #energianturva

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MTV Seitsemän uutiset: "Fingrid arvioi Suomen tarvitsevan 1000 MW säästä riippumatonta säätövoimaa. Ja tarve kasvaa." Mielenkiintoista, Inkoosta purettiin 2017 juurikin 1000 MW säästä riippumatonta säätövoimaa. Ja nyt ollaan purkamassa Porin hiilivoimalaa... #huoltovarmuus #energia #säästövoima #hiilivoima

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