Automatically translated from Basque, translation may contain errors. More information here. Elhuyarren itzultzaile automatikoaren logoa

Old news

I don't know if we're hit by heat waves anymore, if it's a normal hypocrisy or a systemic logic, but the gap between what we know, what we say and what we do, beyond concern, surprises me, especially in a summer environment. News, research, social media interactions… constitute a crazy and seemingly disconnected succession. Today we receive the news of a study which tells us that, as a result of the extreme heat, 43,000 people died in Europe last year, and tomorrow we are told with joy that tourism has broken records. Yesterday the CO2 emissions inventory of Araba, Gipuzkoa and Bizkaia was published, after verifying that emissions have increased by 4.7%, and today the roads (and petrol stations) of cars have been filled and the skies of aircraft have been filled. Some of those who throughout the year have used the growth as war cries have today hung on social media photos full of tourism from remote corners.

Energy self-sufficiency in the CAPV is only 8.7% ugly, or the opposite, 91.3% of the energy we consume comes from outside

In any case, for me, which has almost gone unnoticed, the last energy balance of the Basque Energy Agency has once again been the publication that has worried me the most. The data are so scarce, that I have been as denounceable as I understand my publication in the confusion of the summer. There's some data that may be scary, but I'll highlight three. One, that 47% of the energy used comes from the combustion of oil; two, that the energy self-sufficiency in the CAPV is 8.7% miserable, or the opposite, that 91.3% of the energy we consume comes from outside; and three, that only 6.6% of the electricity we consume comes from local renewable sources. This is particularly serious because, in addition to a strong dependence on electricity produced abroad, most of the electricity generated comes from the combustion of gas. And, of course, we cannot forget that every megawatt from gas burning has far more CO2 emissions than from renewable sources, according to the international panel on climate change. Specifically, 44 times more than the wind. That must also be taken into account in the debates we are giving, right?

Contradicting the contradictions, the new course is coming and paraphrasing the famous micro-story of Augusto Monterroso [when he awoke, the dinosaur was still there], we can say that at this time when our holidays are running out, the problems are still there, with a less summer to deal with the ecological crisis. Please, let us continue to debate without neglecting the size and complexity of the problem.

Bidali zure iritzi artikuluak iritzia@argia.eus helbide elektronikora

ARGIAk ez du zertan bat etorri artikuluen edukiarekin. Idatzien gehienezko luzera 4.500 karakterekoa da (espazioak barne). Idazkera aldetik gutxieneko zuzentasun bat beharrezkoa da: batetik, ARGIAk ezin du hartu zuzenketa sakona egiteko lanik; bestetik, egitekotan edukia nahi gabe aldatzeko arriskua dago. ARGIAk azaleko zuzenketak edo moldaketak egingo dizkie artikuluei, behar izanez gero.


You are interested in the channel: Iritzia
Just as we experienced the flourishing of the Basque Country with the help of the artists, so that this time, taking advantage of their impulses, we continue to make our way together giving the necessary support to the Basque political prisoners, exiles and deportees

The... [+]


Reflecting on the present of yesterday’s philosophers

Epistemology, or theory of knowledge, is one of the main areas of philosophy, and throughout history there have been important debates about the limits and bases of our knowledge. Within this we find two powerful corridors that propose different ways of accessing knowledge: The... [+]


Institutional responsibility for the protection of children

We learned this week that the Court of Getxo has closed the case of 4-year-old children from the Europa School. This leads us to ask: are the judicial, police, etc. authorities prepared to respond to the children’s requests? Are our children really protected when they are... [+]


Harreman publiko-komunitario-kooperatiboak eraikitzeaz

Gure lurraldeetan eta bizitzetan sortzen diren behar, desio eta ekimenen inguruan gero eta gehiago entzuten dugu harreman eta proiektu publiko-komunitarioak landu beharraz, eta pozgarria da benetan, merkaturik gabeko gizarte antolaketarako ezinbesteko eredua baita. Baina... [+]


2025-02-12 | Edu Zelaieta Anta
Deprotection of overprotection

We have renewed the dialogue in the secretariat of the faculty, for the most auspicious: they are far away, for their enrollment, the times when only the students came. The trend has changed for a long time, and parents – most notably mothers – are taking an increasingly... [+]


2025-02-12 | Iñaki Barcena
The silogism of the carpentry

The argument of a syllogism has three propositions, the last of which is necessarily deduced from the other two. It is with this deductive logic that I can analyze, for me, the long and traumatic socioecological conflict in Carpinteria that is taking place in Navarre.

The... [+]


The legacy of the depressed Despremu

I have recently worked in class on Etxahun Barkox’s beautiful and touching cobla. The bad guy! The afflictions of the house began because of the creation of the “praube with beauty”, but in seventeen years she had entered the sea of misfortune, having to abandon the girl... [+]


2025-02-12 | Jesús Rodríguez
Etxegabetzeen aurrean, irabazteko antolatu

Azken egunak garrantzi handikoak izan dira Bartzelonan, etxebizitzaren aldeko mugimenduarentzat eta espekulatzaileen aurkako borrokarentzat. Urtarrilaren 28an, polizia-armada batek Raval auzoko Massana Zaharrari [zentro sozial okupatua] eraso egin zion goizaldean, aurrez abisatu... [+]


Teknologia
Bilakaera kontzientea

Zer jakin behar dut? Norekin erlazionatu behar dut? Non bizi behar dut? Ardura horiekin gabiltza gizakiok gure gizarteen baitan bizitza on baten ideia bizitzeko bidean. Ondo erantzuten ez badakigu, bazterretan geratuko garen beldurrez.

Joan den astean, kanpoan geratzearen... [+]


Statement of the Basque Committee of the EITB
With this letter, the Basque Committee of the EITB and the EITB bodies that underwrite it wish to express their concern and rejection of the selection processes that have been put in place in recent months for the management positions of the EITB, since the demand for knowledge... [+]

From the Caldereros: A blackface in San Sebastian?

I don't want my daughter disguising herself as a Gypsy in the caldereros. I don’t want Gypsy children at my daughter’s school to dress up as Gypsies in caldereros. Because being a gypsy is not a disguise. Because being a gypsy is not a party that takes place once a year, with... [+]


2025-02-05 | Iñaki Murua
Long way in small steps!

The road goes by steps, and I learned a little while ago that it seems to have already begun. But people also want to learn to fill that sentence with content. Alone we could achieve little, maybe even resignation as soon as we started. Gathering huge crowds can also complicate... [+]


Gutxiengoa

Ez zuen egoki jokatu, neurriak hartu behar ziren, bestela, ez dugu ikasten. Itxuraz, ez zen ohartzen egindakoaren inpaktuaz, normal jarraitzen zuen, batzuetan, ingurukoek baino itxura zoriontsuagoz. Gainera, altuegi hitz egiten du, hori ez zaio inori gustatzen. Darabiltzan... [+]


They don’t know why

The Department of Education doesn't understand why public employees have gone on strike. He's got to ask the LAB Syndicate. This union signed an agreement with the department in April 2023. Two years later they have also called for a strike because, unlike the previous ones, the... [+]


Eguneraketa berriak daude