MP: Get rid of oil
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MP: Get rid of oil dependence, invest in Sweden

The Green Party wants to make Sweden independent of fossil fuels - oil and gas, including temporary government support of three billion per year. The goal is to become self-sufficient in biofuels and to quintuple Swedish biogas production.

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The war in the Middle East shows how sensitive the world is to disruptions in oil supply. Lowering fuel taxes, as the government has proposed, is short-term petrol populism, MP believes.

"We must get rid of our dependence on fossil fuels, and then we need to work on several pieces of the puzzle," says MP spokesperson Amanda Lind.

Switching to electric cars is a priority, but it takes time to replace the entire vehicle fleet. That is why MP wants to significantly increase the production of domestic biofuels and biogas. By 2030, annual biogas production should increase to 10 TWh, which is a fivefold increase compared to this year.

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AuthorTT News AgencyEnglish edition by Sweden Herald, adapted for our readers
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