Commentary 
An energy policy that bans investment in some technologies based on ideological views and ignores security of supply is doomed to a strepitous failure.
The energy crisis in the European Union wasn’t created by market failures or a lack of alternatives. It was created by political nudging and imposition.
Renewable energies are a positive force within a balanced energy mix, not on their own, due to the volatile and intermittent nature of the technology. Politicians have imposed an unstable energy mix by banning base technologies that work almost 100 percent of the time, and this has made prices soar for consumers and threatened security of supply….