Onasagoras
If there's too much sun, we face energy problems because the solar panels collect more energy than we can store. If it's too cold, we face problems because the system can't handle the increased demand for heating. Now, we're learning that we also have problems when there’s too much wind. Wind in our pants and wind in our sails.
I don’t even want to imagine what would happen if we ever get heavy snowfall. Frankly, we struggle to cope with any kind of weather. What's going on, guys, as Spyros Papadopoulos famously asks in that meme? Who, exactly, put together Cyprus' energy strategy? These are the ones who deserve an innovation award, hands down.
Of course, if we remember that last year, the Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC) was awarded the Golden Environmental Protector Award (for burning heavy fuel oil and polluting the environment more than any other organization in Cyprus), then it’s easy to understand that in this place, we can expect anything—and whatever happens, we deserve it.
The energy giant has announced that by 2026, we’ll have lithium-ion storage. As we all know, with the brilliant minds we've had for decades managing energy issues, instead of lithium storage, we’ve had the accumulation of idiocy. A lot of idiocy, unfortunately. And we've paid—and still are paying—dearly for their stupidity. Let’s hope that the lithium batteries will finally save us from these idiots.
Mr. Papanastasiou said that the Renewable Energy and Energy Savings Fund is looking into the possibility of grants for energy storage in homes. Minister, go ahead, the whole country is rooting for you. But we want decisions, and we want things to move quickly—not like the EAC, where everything remains stagnant under the pretense of endless studies. It’s high time Cyprus entered the 21st century energy-wise, and not stay trapped in an energy Dark Ages (of heavy fuel oil) where some want to keep us forever.
Right now, in Cyprus, we have a 70 million euro hotel being built in an environmentally sensitive area, with serious corruption accusations from one mayor to another. We have 1 billion euro projects undertaken by two companies, and none of them are completed on time or within budget. We have a GESY (National Health System) that was supposed to cost 1.2 billion per year, but now it costs 1.8 billion while the personal doctors are having a field day.
And what are we obsessing over in the healthcare sector? Only with Giannaki, who, at the end of the day, has saved quite a few lives through her actions (I know many cases), and many are singing her praises! I hope this isn't just a distraction to avoid discussing the serious problems and mismanagement of GESY.
*This article was translated from its Greek original
