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by moogly 1752 days ago
What is often forgotten, when mentioning the imports of "dirty" power from abroad, is that Sweden exports way more electricity per year than gets imported (for 2020, 37 TWh exported and 12 TWh imported).

Sweden has had an electricity surplus since 2011, mostly due to wind power.

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Finding someone willing to buy excess power when weather conditions are optimal is not the same thing as burning fossil fuels in order to generate power. Describing the two as being equal is dishonest and it harms the very important goal of stopping climate change.

Sweden export more textile that is produce by non-child labor than they buy textile that is produce by child labor. They have a surplus in ethical produced textile.