Letter to the editor. Answer: Should one laugh or cry at the madness?

A very interesting submission in DN by Henrik Holmdahl; about, among other things, Swedish electricity prices and the model for how these are calculated. One component in the calculation of the electricity price is the gas price. This has risen to a very high level in recent years, partly due to the fact that Europe no longer buys Russian gas to the same extent.

It appears from the submitter that the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, has proposed an adjustment of the calculation model for the electricity price to the extent that gas prices are removed from the model. However, a number of countries have opposed the change, including - hear and be amazed - Sweden. The background to this is probably that the Swedish state makes a lot of money from high electricity prices via VAT and subsidies from state-owned Vattenfall.

How many Swedish electricity consumers are aware of the government's actions in this matter? Feel free to read the underlying article in the newspaper Näringslivet, to which the submitter refers, so the connections appear with all clarity.

In summary, the government is milking as much as it ever can from the almost fossil-free Swedish electricity via tax, VAT and increased profit for Vattenfall, while during the last government period fossil fuel has been subsidized with an unimaginable 67 billion kroner with the help of tax cuts and reduced reduction obligations and more (Klimatgransken website, article on June 9 this year).

Should you laugh or cry at the madness?