{"id":64321,"date":"2022-12-02T07:53:02","date_gmt":"2022-12-02T12:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=64321"},"modified":"2022-12-02T07:53:02","modified_gmt":"2022-12-02T12:53:02","slug":"switzerland-facing-an-unprecedented-power-shortage-contemplates-a-partial-ban-on-the-use-of-electric-vehicles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=64321","title":{"rendered":"Switzerland, Facing an Unprecedented Power Shortage, Contemplates a Partial Ban on the Use of Electric Vehicles"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Switzerland, Facing an Unprecedented Power Shortage, Contemplates a Partial Ban on the Use of Electric Vehicles<\/a><\/h3>\n

It turns out that you can have battery-powered cars, or you can have renewable energy, but you can’t have both.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The Swiss Confederation usually imports electricity from France and Germany to keep the lights on over the winter, but this year neither country has any power to spare. Many French nuclear power plants are down after years of postponed maintenance, while in Germany we suffer from a superfluity of idle wind turbines and a (self-imposed) shortage of natural gas.<\/p>\n

The Federal Council of Switzerland\u00a0has therefore published draft legislation<\/a>, which\u00a0outlines four tiers of escalating measures to conserve electricity and avert potential blackouts<\/a>. The first prescribes a lot of temperature restrictions for things like refrigerators and washing machines. The second includes more unusual rules, such as the demand that heating in clubs and discotheques \u201cbe set to the lowest level or switched off completely,\u201d and that \u201cstreaming services \u2026 limit resolution of their content to standard definition.\u201d The third foresees cutting business hours, banning the use of Blue Ray players and gaming computers, and also limiting the use of electric cars, which should be driven only when absolutely necessary. A fourth and final tier mandates closure of ski facilities, casinos, cinemas, theatre and the opera.<\/p>\n

A lot of these rules look unenforceable, but they said the same thing about contact restrictions during the pandemic. It turns out that the state really can prevent you from socialising with people in your own home if it wants to, especially when there\u2019s no shortage of prying neighbours eager to snitch.<\/p>\n

Feasibility isn\u2019t the point, though. It\u2019s the optics here that are most astounding…<\/p>\n

\u2026click on the above link to read the rest\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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