Why Sweden is light-years ahead on climate 

Das wissen wir doch alle....Diesel Dieter und seine Freunde haben das Land im Griff mit ihren Ölheizungen😅

Australia is a Corpocracy run by the energy and mining industry, with a plethora of newspapers telling the boomers that offshore wind turbines kill whales....

Australia is a carbon sink. Not that it matters. This is a hoax. Stop treating people like they can’t research that CO2 is 0.004% and dangerously low for plant food reasons. You are frauds. A greenhouse need glass. Sunnis climate.

Mine is being propagandized by conservative grifters out of another country nearby in an attempt to manipulate them into voting for the party that will turn us more into them, selfish, wasteful, and ignorant. *sigh*

How bout some Swedish Oil? *In her book Affärer i blod och olja: Lundin Petroleum i Afrika[26] (Business in blood and oil: Lundin Petroleum in Africa) journalist Kerstin Lundell claims that the company had been complicit in several crimes against humanity, including death shootings and the burning of villages.[27]* *In June 2010, the European Coalition on Oil in Sudan (ECOS)[28] published the report Unpaid Debt,[29] which called upon the governments of Sweden, Austria and Malaysia to look into allegations that the companies Lundin Petroleum, OMV, and Petronas have been complicit in the commission of war crimes and crimes against humanity whilst operating in Block 5A, South Sudan (then Sudan) between 1997-2003.* **The reported crimes include indiscriminate attacks and intentional targeting of civilians, burning of shelters, pillage, destruction of objects necessary for survival, unlawful killing of civilians, rape of women, abduction of children, torture, and forced displacement.** **Approximately 12,000 people died and 160,000 were violently displaced from their land and homes, many forever. Satellite pictures taken between 1994 and 2003 show that the activities of the three oil companies in Sudan coincided with a spectacular drop in agricultural land use in their area of operation.[30]** *Also in June 2010, the Swedish public prosecutor for international crimes opened a criminal investigation into links between Sweden and the reported crimes. In 2016, Lundin Petroleum's Chairman Ian Lundin and CEO Alex Schneiter were informed that they were the suspects of the investigation.* *Sweden’s Government gave the green light for the Public Prosecutor in October 2018 to indict the two top executives[31] On 1 November 2018, the Swedish Prosecution Authority notified Lundin Petroleum AB that the company may be liable to a corporate fine and forfeiture of economic benefits of SEK 3,285 (app. €315 million) for involvement in war crimes and crimes against humanity.[32] Consequently, the company itself will also be charged albeit indirectly, and will be legally represented in court. On 15 November 2018 the suspects were served with the draft charges and the case files.[33]* *They will be indicted for aiding and abetting international crimes and may face life imprisonment if found guilty. The trial is likely to begin by the end of 2020 and may take several years.* *The Swedish war crimes investigation raises the issue of access to remedy and reparation for victims of human rights violations linked with business activities. In May 2016, representatives of communities in Block 5A claimed their right to remedy and reparation and called upon Lundin and its shareholders to pay off their debt.[34] A conviction in Sweden may provide remedy and reparation for a few victims of human rights violations who will be witnesses in court, but not for the app. 200,000 victims who will not be represented in court.* *Lundin Energy endorses the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, acknowledging the duty of business enterprises to contribute to effective remedy of adverse impact that it has caused or contributed to.[35] The company has never refuted publicly reported incriminating facts. Nor has it substantiated its claim that its activities contributed to the improvement of the lives of the people of Sudan.[36] It never showed an interest in the consequences of the oil war for the communities in its concession area. The company maintains a website about its activities in Sudan.[37]* *Criticism has also been directed towards former Minister for Foreign Affairs Carl Bildt, a former board member for the company, responsible for ethics.[38][39] Ethiopia arrested two Swedish journalist Johan Persson and Martin Schibbye and held them for 14 months before the release. Conflict Ethiopian Judicial Authority v Swedish journalists 2011 was caused as the journalist studied report of human rights violation in the Ogaden in connection with activities of Lundin Petroleum.[40]* *The trial against Lundin may become a landmark case because of the novelty and complexity of the legal issues that the Swedish court will have to decide. It would be the first time since the Nuremberg trails that a multibillion-dollar company were to be charged for international crimes. The court is likely to answer a number of important legal questions, including about the individual criminal liability of corporate executives vs. corporate criminal liability of organisations, the applicable standard of proof for international crimes before a national court, and the question whether a lack of due diligence is sufficient for a finding of guilt. On 23 may 2019, the T.M.C. Asser Institute for International Law in The Hague organized a Towards criminal liability of corporations for human rights violations: The Lundin case in Sweden.[41]* *Thomas Alstrand from the Swedish Prosecution Authority in Gothenburg on 13 February 2019 announced that a second criminal investigation had been opened into threats and acts of violence against witnesses in the Lundin war crimes investigation.[42] They have allegedly been pressured not to testify in court. Several witnesses have been granted asylum in safe countries through UNHCR supported emergency protection procedures. The company has confirmed that its CEO and Chairman have been officially informed by the prosecutor about the allegation, noting that it believes that it is completely unfounded.* *Witness tampering is usually intended to prevent the truth from being exposed in court. The second investigation into obstruction of justice seems to contradict the company’s assertions of its good faith cooperation with the war crimes investigation.* *Once court hearings commence in Sweden, the Dutch peace organization PAX and Swedish NGO Global Idé will provide daily English language coverage of proceedings, expert analyses and comments on the website Unpaid Debt.[43]*

Another Canadian here who agrees with that. I would add that currently we have 3 provincial governments that want to take us as far back as possible, including getting rid of our Federal Carbon Tax even though the revenues are returned to Canadians based on their income.

I say nationalize the energy sector in Canada under Petro-Canada and ban LNG exports which is Big Oil's last large and violent play for attention and power... And also mandate that every Petro-Canada fueling station in Canada also has DC fast-chargers...

Also a Canadian... Our nation is not very resilient against the lies of the fossil fuel industry. "If you don't emit carbon, you won't pay the carbon tax" is such a reasonable stance, but many, many people here believe that they can't chose a better way. The initial outlay of switching to electric heat, or a car-light lifestyle, or even buying a heat pump is out of reach. Making a few short-term sacrifices for a long-term improvement is unfortunately not a popular move here. Sadly, it seems likely that our next government could be even less progressive than our current one, so it's tough to be optimistic here.

I am also a Canuck living in British Columbia. Our progressive government just the other day announced a new full rebate on heat pumps for home owners. The rebate is paid to the contractor at 100% of cost. The current penetration of heat pumps in BC is 14%. I installed one in my rather largish home on a small lake and I only paid $670 for it new. Easy to install and can heat a room of 450 to 750 square feet. But the Conservatives want to stop these incentives, alleging that fossil fuels do not change climate after they are burned.

@@phloxdiffusa Expect the installation cost from the contractors to explode. That's what happened here in parts of the USA that did this. It's simple supply and demand. They will simply raise prices so that cost plus subsidy amount reduces demand to the previous level.

India is too reliant on subsistence farming too

I hear ya! Canada is the same way... We used to be a very pitch in together nation, now it's all very Americanized... People can't be bothered unless they benefit financially or in status... Shame...

​@@stickynorth I know how you feel. Americans are very standoffish. As if they want to be like China or Russia. Instead of being there for their own neighbors.

Swedes are taught to work together as part of their educational program . Lagom is its name. If you had this cyulture you could do miracles in India

Cannot compare a developing nation to Sweden. Sweds in 1950's had education level of 2024 Indians on avg.

All of which in 'Merika run into Corporate GREED ..I mean WELFARE where unless corporate interest is not aligned IT SHALL NOT PASS!..sadly

It still depends on the country and it's resources.

Still very nice example. Nobody wants to pay more in summer. It is just getting hotter and hotter.

No it does not. How do you know Sweden's GDP wouldn't be 10x greater had they ignored climate reforms?

Sweden's GDP has had the lowest growth in the EU the passed few years. Not saying that is purely because of climate policy, but lets be clear with the facts.

for normal people yes

Thank you. I was looking for this comment. Particularly about pollution from the Swedish industry outside of Sweden not counting. Not to knock the effort.

Tack 🙏

Sounds like Neoliberalism is at it again 😢

100% agreeing with this. Not to mention that our highest environmental impact is in fact not transport, but rather private consumption. (At least from a report I read in ~2014) We tend to look away from those numbers as they viewed as "other countries" problems. But countries like Bangladesh, China etc is just the manufacturing hub catering for our lavish lifestyle. Chinese people themselves are not the ones living in excess, Western countries are. So in order to make the biggest difference in climate politics we need to do something about our reliance on consumption and consumerism. I would much rather see us switch more and more into a service economy. Where we value quality- , repair-, 2nd hand- , and reuse- of existing products.

Exactly what I was going to say

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Mother Russia is bigger than your Australia mate.

Same here as a Canadian.

​@@alexfy7401 but like 90% of canadians live in a space close to the US border, which is approximately the same size as sweden. Canada may be big, but 80% of the landmass is useless for development, emitting no greenhouse gasses. Most people don't drive from the alaskan border to nova scotia every day

Always relative. Great distances in a European context compared to population density.

Thank you. More people need to know this and DW definitely should have had more about our enormous failures in terms of recent policy.

Yeah, Sweden is failing the climate goal because the messuring point is the 1990 emissions which is after Sweden started reducing their emissons. Having an emissions per capita goal would make it more fair as the EU 2030 goal punishes early reducers since it becomes harder and harder to reduce one's emissons by a set percentage when one already reduced one's emissions before.

Sweden has a stagnating economy and declining median income. Just like Germany who has been in recession for a year and a half now.

Some what true. But in fact Sweden has all ready met the target for EU 2030 as they where originaly set up by the EU berfore it was setup. That include the reduction of a countrys emission based on areal of forest. But the current goverment at that time chosed to not include our forest areal as a redeuction factor. And that why we may miss the target for EU 2030 emission target.

@@gregorymalchuk272 Germany reduced their debt. It's not really a recession. France has double the debt and doesn't have a official recession. Italy is even worse. Germany has a healthy economy, they do not. The Germans and the Swedes are the ones who will buy the France and Italian assets when those countries fall. Italy and France already had to be saved. The got saved by Germany because the northern EU low debt countries didn't want to save them. That's not happening again, because Italy and France did not learn and have a way to high deficit again. Italy and France should've been in recession for the last 30 years. They will be soon though. Sweden has one of the lowest debt to gdp's in Europe. They could borrow like crazy for the next 20 years and still be under the 60% guideline of EU debt to gdp. 32.7% debt to gdp is nothing.

Less polarized parties, that can agree on plans that span beyond an electoral cycle.

@@markotrieste Let's pretend the Sweden Democrats don't exist. They are basically the Trump party of Sweden. And they are the second most popular party... Let's ignore everything.

You talk of a corrupted govt but don't forget - the purpose of any govt and any politician is to attain power and then retain it. It might be argued that the problem here is democracy: any government has only 5 years in most countries to achieve goals (esp. around climate change) that cannot be achieved in such a short time. This, along withthe threat of losing power through becoming unpopular, is reason enough not to act bravely. China is a leading example of how to create a 30 year plan. Despite having the same dictator for 30 years, Russia is not. This is ultimately about a social mentality and as the U.K.'s and many other countries' societies change culturally, this mentality is probably even more unattainable. Additionally, people only think selfishly and for only their lifetime. They are also unable to recognise the subtle changes in our environment, complaining that it's too hot/cold/wet/dry for them to enjoy their lives.

But with the massive immigration that will just be memories

That was long..... Didn't read everything. Sorry. But Sweden produced more electricity than they need, right now at least. The biggest problem isn't the nuke power plants in Sweden that's closed. The problem is that other countries in mainly Europe not secured their electricity production at all. And if you look at France, that normally is the biggest electricity export country in Europe had huge problems with their nuke power so the electricity prices in even Sweden was effected. Nuke power isn't a cheap and secure power source, it's good but not at all perfect. And why should Sweden have a lot of nuke power plants so export even more electricity to other countries, wouldn't it be better they produce their own. The biggest problem for Sweden is their power grid, from North sweden to the south.

@@henrikl4244 Sweden have sufficient electricity in the north but have big problems in the south where most of the population lives. In the days when they had 12 nuclear power plants they had no problem balancing the grid because they had the needed base load that was made by large generators. It is the same grid they have today but they can only utilize maximum 75% of the capacity it was built for due to lack of sufficient base load in the south. To make this base load you need big generators and then you can choose between fossil fuel,hydro power or nuclear. In the south they don’t have any rivers they can build out and if you don’t want to emit CO2 your only option is nuclear. Thanks to large export of nuclear energy from France Central Europe have avoided major blackouts. In 2021 Europe was 4 minutes away from a major blackout that would have been felt portion of the continent. Nuclear power is expensive to build but cheap to run and with a lifespan of at least 60 years it will be profitable in the long run. If you understand Swedish I suggest you look up Jan Blomgren on RU-vid. He is a professor in nuclear science and also an expert on electrical power systems. His presentations he speaks in a way that most people understand and not like a know it all professor. He clearly points out how the Swedish power grid has been weakened since 1985 and why.

I live in sweden but not going to lie im jelaous of people living in south of europe with warmer weather 😅 But otherwise life is good here :)

@@letsbefreeletsbefree7183 you go to Las Palmas for holiday no?

@@boathemian7694 yeah haha every winter i go their its crazy you knew exactly the place i take the vacation too 😅 i like some parts of greece too :)

Like they do alot. Just look at France that normally is the biggest electricity exporters in Europe but one year Sweden was it because of their huge problems with many nuke power plants.

The problem isn't because of Sweden closing down it's nuclear power plant. Sweden produce at an over capacity. The issue is that the EU imposed a system where Germany could simply bid on Swedish produced electricity just like any other private commodity. EU also forced the country to be split up into regions rather then national prices to create free market incentives. Since there's far less production in Sweden's south and Germany made it self dependent on a genocidial dictator for it's energy, which they were prone to turn off, they replace that plan by draining southern Sweden's electricity production while northern Sweden have no issues what so ever. The problem is Russia in combination with failed German foreign policy and It's naive strategic outlook.

The US reduced its coal usage by 62% last year, an amazing statistic! In the last quarter(three month period) California produced more energy than it consumed from solar and wind, which is a first for the state. The state of Texas has now become America’s largest producer of solar and wind energy. America now produces 8 times the amount of solar energy it did nine years ago. Some climatologist insist that the burning of wood, biomass, is not as climate friendly as some pose it to be. 😮

Climate is global, not national. Nations, in order to get a good "carbon neutral" score, have to shuffle numbers around, do statistical trickery, pass carbon taxes and policies, change definitions, and do extensive emissions trading. It's all cheating. According to the Global Carbon Budget, annual global emissions have steadily gone up since 1750 and there's no actual decrease except for in 2020 when almost the entire world was quarantined. And even then it was only ~2 billion tonnes. Just a year later in 2021, carbon emissions were back to 2018 levels and in 2022, carbon emissions had exceeded 2019 levels.

@@joehowe9532 some good news to hear

As a Swede I can say that the forest management part is quite a controversial topic right now, currently we are having problems with deforestation being faster than replanting which has resulted in the cutting down of ancient natural forests.

@@joehowe9532 Believe me, it isn't. Only burning waste wood and organic garbage with flue gas and PM 2.5 filters is close to being carbon neutral and even then... Especially when biomass pellet plants explode... Had that happen here in Alberta and it burned and burned and burned for days before it was bought under control. I shudder to think of how much carbon was emitted during that industrial explosion much less when it's operating correctly and exporting trees as fuel pellets to other nations...

Then you get people like Pumpkinhead who claims wind turbines cause cancer....

....uuuh, and nuclear of course..

Sweden’s parliament has voted on a target of the equivalent in 10 new large reactors to be built. One per million inhabitants. And they’re already today one of the most electrified and clean countries in Europe!

«cheaper electricity», green energy is being sold at premium price in EU market, making it more expensive to buy, then energy produced with carbon. everyone wants to be green, this why green energy has become expensive.

The price has increased 3-5 x in only 10 years so no, it has rather resulted in an unstable electrical grid, the use of emergency back-up generators regularly and strain on infrastructure.

yes, but Sweden still has lower co2 per capita than Finland

Nuclear isn't renewable energy though, and the waste products are a big problem in the long term.

@@bjoardar need base load power, and nuclear similar to coal helps stabilize grid frequency

@@bjoardar Finland has solved its nuclear waste problem. First country in the World to do so. But Sweden is actually ahead in goals, and the agriculture + transport are problems in Finland too

@@bjoardar No free lunch. All energy generation methods (on large scales, at least) have downsides - hydro power very much included! If my house is on fire, I will happily accept urine being used to put it out and worry about the damage from that afterwards. Or differently put: The rewilding of Chernobyl proves that "business as usual" human activity is worse for the natural world than nuclear radiation.

And be super rich. :-)

​@@user-ob4qx2so1d150 years ago, Sweden was Europe's poorest country. How do you think welfare is created? Education, transparent and a non-corrupt society, free people, and hard work, is what creates welfare.

They didn't omit this at all. It's one of the first things that are said in the video. They mention advantages in terms of forests, lakes (rivers) and wind: 0:58 They also mention that Sweden started investing in nuclear in the 70s: 2:03

Yes, that is a measure by the current conservative government. They have lowered petrol and diesel taxes.

"I wouldn't call trees removing CO2 from the atmosphere "reducing emissions". Bingo!

Some facts, Karlshamn is a so called strategic reserve. That means that it is put on standby when the grid is strained a few hours per year. Those hours are cheaper environmentally and economically speaking than subsidicing an entire industry. That strategic reserve have never been actually been needed...

@@lars7628 2022 it ran for 1000hours. I wouldnt call that "a few hours"?

​@@minip137 in case you didnt know there's a war in europe making energy more of a scarce resourse. I.e forcing sweden to use it's "strstegic" energy production.

@@filipnilsson9514 you make your assumptions seem like the truth? Do you sometimes fool yourself? "Att Karlshamnsverket används alltmer frekvent är en direkt följd av att Sverige stängt ned planerbar kraftproduktion i södra Sverige. Något som flera av våra grannländer också har gjort, säger kraftverkschefen Henrik Svensson, och refererar bland annat till att Sverige och Tyskland under de senaste två decennierna stängt ett 20-tal reaktorer i förtid." "Karlshamnspowerplant is used more regularly is a direct cause of that Sweden shut down plannable energy, something many neighboring countries aswell have done says the powerplant chef Henrik Svensson[...]."

​@@minip137 The main reason the Karlshamn plant is running is because there's a shortage in Poland or Germany and we have to offer our electricity on the european market.

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They did ruin people's livelihoods. Sweden has low economic growth, below population growth and the country is getting poorer. Like Germany who has been in recession for 1.5 years now. Even if carbon taxes shave only a few percent off of GDP growth, compound growth means that it gets amplified massively over time.

Sweden is currently in the process of destroying its industries though the removal of nuklear energy while electrifying steel production causing and exporting electricity to germany causing prices to jump by 100:s of percent during winter which destroys the wellbeing of the less fortunate people who can not afford the new price of electricity. Sweden is currently an example of what not to do since every policy that the government implemented since 2018 has just destroyed the economy without much results.

@@swedishboomstick3362 Germany is also bidding up hydropower prices in Norway, to the detriment of the locals.

Also, none of the Swedish nuclear plants have cooling towers. 😂😂😂

The houses looked like German ones as well.

Hello! Im swedish and my father manages some hectares of forest. According to Skogsindustrierna (the swedish forestry industries) 25% of swedish forests are to some level used for forestry today, with almost none of it being monocultures. We have stricter and stricter regulations on how forestry is conducted. For example, always leaving 10% of trees in an area as older trees fill different functions in forest ecosystems and aid in ecosystem recovery. Many foresters also subscribe to even more precautions as recommendations to lessen the damage done to the ecosystem. Swedish forestry can definitely become more sustainable for biodiversity, but I dont agree with your evaluation of the situation.

@@7UVA Thank you for the info, that's good to hear.

@@7UVA The source you cite says the exact opposite of what you claim. 75% of all forest in Sweden is used for forestry while 25% is exempt. Also, monoculture is a matter of definition. For me, planted coniferous forest is leaning towards monoculture and forest inventory has shown that the percentage of mixed broadleaf/coniferous forest has decreased from 34% to 7% in the last 100 years.

TBF, "Doing what Sweden has done" would have to include serious changes starting in the 1970s, so nobody who hasn't done that can "do what Sweden has done". Basically Sweden is the model for if people took Science seriously in the 70s and 80s, then started acting like everyone else for the next 30 years.

Because we're hooked up to the European market so that when their prices go up, ours also go up even tho production cost remain the same...

everyone wants to be green, this why green energy as become expensive, when its sold to the highest bidder in the EU energy market.

Well the left politicians shut down half of our nuclear power plants. And scraped future plans. Now we burn oil instead like Germany. Our grind is unbalanced due to excessive wind build outs.

There are different reasons, first reason, as someone mentioned, is that Sweden is part of the EU electricity single market, meaning Sweden is only allowed to allocate 20 % (or less? Not sure about the exact figure) of its production for itself, but must offer up the rest of the production to the single market (mainly to Finland & Norway in the north and Denmark, Germany and Poland in the south). Germany and Poland has increased demand and plummeting supply since they both, until very recently, relied on Russian gas for producing electricity and heat in the winter. This means, overall demand in the EU market impacts Swedish electricity prices too, especially in the south!

You're behind many countries like Finland and Denmark still. Sweden isn't leading in much.

@@Thor.Jorgensen Name 3 countries Sweden is behind plz. And name 3 things Sweden has the lead in since you say its few. Thx

​@@svenwiberg2563 Finland, Denmark, and Norway. With your last sentence, you might want to check up with Google Translate. But if I am to imagine what you said; Happiness index, Corruption Index, and Social Progress Index. And I can keep going: Foundations of well-being, Opportunity index, Nutrition and basic medical care, Housing for the poor, Personal safety, Access to basic knowledge, Access to information and communcations, Health and Wellness, Personal rights, Access to advanced education, etc. Sweden is behind in so many of these areas.

...except that the current government, is doing their best to reverse the progress.

@@Thor.Jorgensen I ment ahead lol

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Incorrect. You can embrace wind and solar, focus a lot on energy efficiency, use ground based thermal heating, promote train and public transports etc.

@@mats66 Wind and solar are 21st century technologies. And Sweden isn't an energy efficient country at all, it has one of the highest consumptions per capita in the world. It is indeed all about the hydro power.

​@@oyuyuySo you can't do anything about your co2 emissions without hydro power? Well, then we can just give up then 🤡

@@mats66 It depends, do you live in the 21st century or not? Nice reading comprehension! 🤡

​@@oyuyuyDo you?

@@georgejohnson1498 but norway has a huge problem with its enormous oil and gas industry. And therefore sweden is leading.

Maybe the greens can take UK electricity from being the 3rd most expensive earth to being number 1!

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«cheaper electricity», green energy is being sold at premium price in EU market, making it more expensive to buy, then energy produced with carbon energy. people can’t afford heating.

Perhaps when we have battery technology that doesn't degrade in use... There's a reason why we can't have chemistry-based power banks to store energy in on a national scale. There's no promotion that will make me consider cutting the lifespan of my car battery by half.

@@joni8401 How is that going to cut your EV battery in half?

I live in Sweden, own an EV, and have solar panels. Sweden DO NOT need more sun/wind at this point but nuclear. Batteries can not replace nuclear but can be a complement.

@@anguscampbell1533 The key words to answer your question are: *solid-electrolyte interphase* and *Lithium Plating* These are alchemical issues that occur in batteries, accelerated by heat, high current charging, among others. The capacity of your battery degrades. Your car constantly loses distance how far you can get with it. A Battery is considered degraded once it retains at best 80% of it's original capacity. As I said. Society does not store electricity in batteries for societal needs. Because batteries can not be maintained at such a scale. The batteries cost too much.

Current government, yes. The left-dominated government blocked all attempts to build new nuclear plants and made sure several were shut down. If they win the next election most likely the same will happen again, attempts to build new and modern nuclear plants will be stopped and the electricity system will deteriorate even further.

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sweden is just better than denmark.

@@toxicturkeyy How is that corruption index looking?

Carbon taxes strangling the economy and Denmark has the highest electricity price on earth, second to Germany.

Denmark has no German queen and no moose (that may be the main reason). Then no, Denmark is ahead of Sweden in some areas but also behind in others. For example, Denmark pumps oil out of the North Sea so that they export carbon dioxide emissions. Their agriculture and animal husbandry are behind Sweden, they have, for example, sarmonella, average life expectancy Sweden is in 5th place, Denmark is 27th in the world. You also have worse protection at your workplace in Denmark than in Sweden. Sweden had an emission level of 3.6 tons per capita while Denmark had 4.9 tons per capita figures from 2022 ( This is despite the fact that Denmark should have less than Sweden, they can transport most of their goods by bicycle there, it's ridiculously close to everything, plus they have less severe winters ).. So no Denmark is not better than Sweden in some areas yes in others no.

@@tangfors I need you to cite your sources on the labor rights index. Because Denmark trumps Sweden on labor rights, granting workers better protection at the workplace. A lot of what you said is dubious at best. And what is "sarmonella"? Did you mean Salmonella?

When it's running... Between 2016-2020 the average was 67 hour per year. When the electricity prices is so high and other countries in Europe can't produce enough for their country like the last year's its been running more...

Hey there! Sweden only has minimal fossil fuel resources and obviously also has some natural advantages as discussed in the video. However, it is also about policies and focusing on renewable energies.

Then how do you explain Norway?

@@markotrieste All I said was it's easier. Being the richest country in the world also makes it easier. On top Norway is probably the country most suited for hydro power in the whole world.

​@@markotrieste Norway's total emissions are enormous. If they didn't have hydropower and forestry waste, they would be just like Saudi Arabia, burning natural gas, bunker oil, and petcoke for everything.

@@gregorymalchuk272 Norway produced 32.1 million metric tons of carbon dioxide (MtCO₂) emissions in 2022. Saudi Arabia emitted nearly 608 million metric tons of carbon dioxide (MtCO₂) from fossil fuels and industrial processes in 2022. What are you talking about?

Yeah that is definitely an issue in all Nordic countries and elsewhere too. Have you heard of SDI before? This index addresses the situation pretty well 👉 www.sustainabledevelopmentindex.org/

That's what happen when voting conservative 🙄

@@mats66 That's what happen when energy prices rise by more than 200% in winter in a county where it gets really cold.

​@swedishboomstick3362 Pulling back on environmental friendly policies has nothing to do with that spike in energy cost and won't prevent it from happening again.

But it is a long distance, you could also say that sweden is miles ahed. Miles are also a unit of distance isn`t it?

@@vivolimo1137 Imperial or Metric? (just in case some from the two countries with a different measurement system wonders...) 🤓

@@Onionbaron A lightyear is a lightyear no matter the measurment system. But i know meters👩‍🎓

Light years is the time, light travels in a year, it’s a measurement of time and distance. when look at star that’s 5 lightyears away, its 5 years old light.

Indeed! Sweden was at it is best before the Green party came to power. Now they have kicked us back a century of progress. The fossil power plant in Karlshamn was mouthballed in 1980 to be used as a reserve in case if another power plant got bombed out in a potential war with the Soviet union / Warsaw pact. Today it is spewing out fossil co2 just to keep up with normal demand. There is not enough capacity to transform or electrify the transport sector and there is no tax in the world that can help that. It is just truly sickening what they have done.

We have a pretty great public transport system. It should be made free/cheaper and expanded instead of subsidizing personal vehicles. They made cars more expensive to use without providing a good alternative.

According to a quick search about 9 in 10 for your first question. As a Swede I have never met anyone under 40 that doesn't speak English. English is compulsory in school and we do not dub movies/TV so we get some practice as well.

100% of the swedes are english speakers, not all imigrants speak english, I would say 75% of the population speaks english. you have to live in sweden for 5 years to be able to apply for citizenship,

Welcome to our still beautiful country if you decide to come!

@@adriandumitru2584 My (Swedish) mother was born in 1947 and had 7 years of schooling. She never spoke a word of English in her life and I know other older people who doesn't speak English as well. So it's not 100% in the population as a whole. Probably close for the younger generations though.

The overwhelming majority speak English, although if you don't speak swedish you may very well be left out of social groups.

Also we don’t have to sacrifice quality of life for citizens

Sweden has gone from being the 2nd wealthiest country per capita to being the ~15th. It's not exactly 'a good development'

You sound like our politicians and their coordinated media, when they are trying to motivate more sacrifice, while we are getting poorer.

The older heat pumps worked really bad in cold weather. Know German's that still think it's that way. But it's also a big investment, and with a shorter back paid time per year ( short winters) you need more years to get the investment back.

Industry, very difficult, and transport, impossible today, like for example with today’s level of technology there’s so far no way we could travel intercontinental quickly and safely without emitting a massive amount of carbon emissions, heck not even quickly since alternative to flying over oceans is ships which also emit massive amounts of carbon emissions

@@thomasgrabkowski8283 its funny how sometimes this stuff boils down to a few sectors for which there simply are no viable alternatives. Yet this question without a doubt is one of the most Important for our survival I think we could be much further by now if there was more of on an effort of developing These alternatives