Compensation for the premature closure of unit 1 in 1999 cost the Swedish taxpayers SEK 5.7 billion (EUR 593 million) plus a payment for operating unit 2 on its own. The compensation for unit 2 was agreed at SEK 5.6 billion (EUR 583 million) - 4.1 billion to Vattenfall in return for transferring part of its ownership in Ringhals AB to E.ON (taking E.ON's share to 29.56%), and 1.5 billion to E.ON.
Removal of 8.5 TWh/yr from the county's nuclear output is being replaced by imports from Germany and Denmark, much of it coal-fired, and by nuclear generation from Finland and Russia, in the latter case from old Chernobyl-type reactors which the EU is anxious to shut down elsewhere.
Industry and trade union leaders had strong words about the proposed Barseback closure. This "will be fought and we will never accept that the country unnecessarily throws away 20 to 30 billion kronor [US$ 2-3 billion] while we chop wood to meet energy needs" said Volvo Chairman, the late B.Svanholm, in a widely quoted letter with a further 100 signatures. The letter was critical of a worsening business climate in Sweden and said that the plan to "decommission a clean, cheap and highly effective form of energy is the last straw."
The cost of electricity figured strongly in industry considerations. The Energy Commission put basic nuclear costs at 15-18 ore (EUR 1.7 to 2.0 cents) per kilowatt hour, including waste management, capital improvements and decommissioning. Any replacement capacity will inevitably cost considerably more (eg gas at 30 ore/ 2.85 cents/kWh), and both trade unions and industry were extremely concerned at the likely effect of this.
på så sätt kompenserar vi för fordonens utsläpp och kan fortsätta köra så mycket vi vill, för billiga pengar
Konstigt att det aldrig står något om hur mycket koldioxid det släpps ut bara för att vi skall läsa om det 
