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We cannot carry on producing electricity from the customary sources. Coal and oil supplies will eventually run out and are responsible for CO2 emission. Nuclear energy can cause disasters capable of rendering large parts of the earth uninhabitable, and produces a hazardous waste product. So we must go in search of energy that is already present in nature, but which has remained unused because no one has developed the technology to tap into it. It is not very ambitious of Parliament and the Commission to only want to double the use of this form of energy over the decade to come. There is still too little water, wind and solar power, which is what makes it comparatively expensive. Everyone wants a method of electricity production that is as environmentally-friendly as possible, but they also want it as cheaply as possible. This particularly applies to people who are not very well off and whose first concern, therefore, is that their household costs should remain as low as possible. If clean energy remains an expensive option then it will also remain an elite form of energy for some time to come. Environmentally-aware high-earners are free to make a voluntary contribution to cleaner forms of energy, within a liberalised market, whilst everyone else carries on in the same old way. Clean energy must be available to all and affordable to all. As far as the six points are concerned, such as the incineration of peat and organic waste, I support the veto requested by Greenpeace."@en1
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