Only 34 per cent of Danes believe they would be prepared for armed combat if the country were invaded, a Megafon poll shows. Half say no. Former Defence Minister Hans Engell calls the result disappointing, pointing to decades of peace and reduced conscription. B.T.’s Joachim B. Olsen reacts more sharply. The poll has also sparked debate about national belonging: What must a country mean for people to risk their lives…
The German company Enerparc is among Europe’s largest solar-power companies. It has now filed for insolvency. The excuse given is that ‘renewables’ are being developed faster than the electricity grid. The truth is that ‘renewables’ are not up to the job. Production cannot be regulated, and that is a colossal disadvantage in the market. The only things keeping the industry alive are massive subsidies and equally massive political folly.