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2026-08-03 13:36 UTC

@smeulski@mastodon.social @EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu Because not one country will have enough electricity to power all the extra e-cars. Even now there are counties where blackouts are possible due to use of more electricity due to whatever (airco's at the moment, I guess...) They will have to use fossil fuels to create enough electricity. Like right now gas prize is getting up because people should heat/cool, cook,.. with electricity. So on the other hand, to create more electricity (some) gouvernements use gas. How can they order to all drive an electric car when there's already shortage of electricity?

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@smeulski@mastodon.social 2026-08-04 11:46

@Catha@masto.es @EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu The problem for most areas is not that there isn't enough electricity. It's that we are not enough willing to change when and how we use the available power. Exactly this is why innovation is needed and why European companies need stimulation by regulation. It's sad we have to say this, but many of the bigger European companies are too conservative to be really innovative by their own.

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@smeulski@mastodon.social 2026-08-04 11:49

@Catha@masto.es @EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu Smaller companies are innovative. Very innovative. However, when Europe keeps reverting on legislation that drive the products and services built by these smaller companies in response to some fuzz created by the larger ones, it suffocates them. That's what we need to prevent.

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