“Only one energy transitionrather than a transition to a model in which the need for energy is reduced in the social and economic field. initiating warning. Comptes Syndicate as always Generalitat General Account Audit Report for 2021 handed it over to Cortes and Consell yesterday.
Thus, in which annual document Analyzes the budget and economic performance of the Valencian Administration, Vicent Cucarella in the digest major recommended by Compromís, Concern about the “massive amounts of public money” being allocated to the “energy transition” without adequate attention to scientific warnings regarding the impossibility of substituting in a general way the quantity and versatility of energy derived from fossil fuels, due to the limitations of so-called renewable energy sources”.
The supervisory body slaps the Valencia Executive smack on the wrist and asks him to budget “realistic expenditures”.
In other words, the report from the receiving ship warns that the amount of energy produced from fossil fuels cannot be replaced by renewable energy sources, and calls for “preparing society for scenarios with less net energy”, that is, to influence the energy decline. consumption and not so much in changing the source of production of this energy.
While the supervisory body’s warnings include the phrase “Both the European Union and the Spanish Government and Generalitat are dedicating an increasingly significant portion of their budgets to energy policies of dubious effectiveness”, it assumes “large amounts of money”. “The danger posed by the possibility of creating speculative bubbles by leveraging public funds, even with consequences contrary to the necessary environmental challenge and energy transition.”
Therefore, the report identifies risks “related to hydrogen, electric vehicles or mass tourism, which require large amounts of financial resources and fossil fuels that will accelerate the current systemic crisis” and that “will accelerate the current systemic crisis”. transcending the biophysical limits of the planet”. He also points out that government action appears to be “more concerned with restoring previous levels of business activity at the expense of public debt” and that this “could make it more difficult to maintain essential public services in the future”.
While it may be the most striking and innovative, that’s not the only piece of advice he’s given. Thus, the supervisory body once again insists on demanding “immediate implementation of a transition mechanism” to resolve the issue. underfunding «Otherwise, – the report warns – the Generalitat Administration will continue to face the challenge of reconciling an adequate budgeting of welfare state expenditures, respect for budget stability and an orthodox treatment of income projections at the same time ».
Therefore, “since the regional financing is at a level that corresponds to the adjusted population and population ratio,” Generalitat recommends that “continuing to demand compensation for some of the debt that has accumulated due to insufficient financing in recent years.” could have avoided a significant part of it».
Despite insufficient funding, Sindicatura also blames Consell and its budgets. It is therefore desirable that the accounts “include adequate and sufficient appropriations to cover all foreseeable and unavoidable expenses”, that these expenses are “realistically calculated” and “responsible”, and that their management “allows the application of the principles of legality, economics.” , efficiency and effectiveness”.
“Puig left without paying $2,300 million in aid”
“Puig stopped paying more than 2,300m euros in aid and subsidies for Valencians, including SMEs or self-employed people, in 2021,” Rubén Ibáñez, spokesperson for the PP Treasury at Cortes, said yesterday. Based on the audit report, Ibáñez reassured that 2021 “is the year that Ximo Puig’s aid and subsidies failed.”
And for PP, the report cites Consell’s “absolutely regrettable administration”, while at PSPV they compare it to what Sindicatura did before when it was the governing public. “Sindicatura recommended that the accounts be taken to the Prosecutor’s Office when the PP was in power,” recalled Carmen Martínez, the Socialists’ deputy trustee.
Source: Informacion
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