Amid political pressure and rising energy prices, the European Commission is considering pausing a part of its landmark methane regulation, which is set to take effect in January.
The move comes after French President Emmanuel Macron urged the Commission in a September 18 letter to postpone new methane reporting requirements and ease other fuel-related rules in response to increasing costs exacerbated by the Iran war.
The best way to deal with high prices of fossil fuels is to transition away from them. For that having high prices is a good incentive.
Yep, moved away from fossil fuels the moment I was responsible for paying the energy bill. Within a month I called the provider to cut the gas connection because I don’t want it.
I spent more than strictly necessary but part of that was for partner approval. About £7k total and I could have had it with an interest free loan if I wanted which would be paid for by the energy savings but I had the money so I just paid it outright.
Are you a homeowner? Because as a renter its sadly not thst easy (here). I live in one of the densest and highest priced areas of germany, and the slumlords here love gas (for heating). Old infra is still replaced as-is mostly, since the renter has to foot the bill. If you want to get rid of fossil fuels for heating, you have to spend a lot more and are basically forced to rent a much nicer, crazy expensive apartment (not because of the energy, but because only very nice/newer ones are energetically moderized).
You can get portable heat pumps now, but this is why I said as soon as I was responsible for the bill. When I was renting the energy bill was the landlords problem.
Interesting. I considered a portable ac unit before, and that would help too. Most fossil fuel heated units here are set up with their own meter, so the renter has to enter their own contracts and has their own bill (apart from centrally heated houses).
Edit: Having said that, for the time being I have a 100% “bio” gas contract with green planet (formerly peace) energy, so I try to pull my weight a little :/.
Have you looked into plug in balcony solar? Perhaps it might help in your case
I live at ground floor, but maybe I can spark a convo with my landlords and place a few panels outside/in the meadow :).
So industry which needs high temperature processes or chemical inputs at sufficiently low prices to be competitive, what exactly does it transition to? China?
Ridiculous that France is even contemplating it, they are in an excellent position to go full renewables/nuclear fast
