There are two Finnish energy transitions. One is in the statistics, where solar installations, EV registrations and reserve-market bids are recorded. The other is in the opinions, where the fuel is too expensive, the state should do something, and the decision does not belong to the person being asked. The statistics are moving and the…
There is a gap between what Finnish housing cooperative residents say about solar panels, batteries and EV chargers and what the Finnish housing cooperative actually does every year. The stated position is familiar: we live in a taloyhtiö, so we cannot install solar; it’s impossible, the decision is not ours to make, we cannot do…
1. The Logic of Individual Preparation The previous sections established the structural vulnerabilities: the diesel shock, the food system’s physical shortages, the medicine supply chain’s concentration, the shipping chokepoint exposure, and the institutional capacity that is designed for efficiency rather than resilience. The analysis was systemic. The recommendation is individual. The individual cannot change the…
And why home solar, batteries, and EVs are about to get very interesting The Strait of Hormuz has been effectively shut for most of 2026. Nearly 20 percent of the world’s seaborne oil – over 11 million barrels per day of crude and condensate – has been taken offline, along with 80 million metric tons…