Germany Energy Woes: Not To Be Followed
https://canadafreepress.com/article/germany-energy-woes-not-to-be-followed
“Germany is showing the world that the green craze is doomed to failure. People do not want to sacrifice their quality of life and their jobs for some utopian goals that are in any case based only on ideological assumptions and incomplete data sets”
Germany launched an ambitious plan to transition to renewable energy at the dawn of the millennium. ‘Die Energiewende’ initiated a massive expansion of solar and wind power, resulting in a commendable 25 percent reduction in carbon emissions by 2022 compared to 2002. (1)
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But the cost of going green meant less reliable energy, creating financial hardships for consumers, the environment, and the government.
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In 2002, nuclear power supplied about a fifth of Germany’s electricity. Twenty-one years later, it supplied none. A layperson might think that cheap wind and solar could simply fill the gap, but it isn’t so simple. Once up and running, nuclear reactors provide reliable, affordable base-load power, electricity that’s available all the time. Ephemeral renewables simply can’t match nuclear’s consistency. And since an advanced economy like Germany’s requires a 100 percent reliable power grid, fossil fuel power plants burning coal and natural gas were brought online to pick up wind and solar’s slack. (1)
The net result of German politicians’ shortsightedness in phasing out nuclear power is a vastly pricier grid. , If they just kept it and didn’t build all that wind and solar panels, they wouldn’t have had to spend 697 billion euros on subsidies, and would have cut their emissions by 73 percent. (2)
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Big Tech companies like Google plan to use micro nuclear reactors to power the growing AI data centers. Green stuff just won’t cut it.
Germany’s attempts to keep up results in it’s power costs being more than double the US average – while destroying its own economy. Well over 10,000 corporate insolvencies were registered in the first half of this year – which makes it the highest level for almost the last decade.
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Ifo Business Climate fell to 85.7 points in August 2024, down from 87.4 points in the previous month. Pessimism is spreading and deepening. That’s the lowest level sentiment in 3 years.
The current socialist green government has botched things so much, and now has no idea how to proceed further. It is clear that the German economy is currently in a serious crisis. (6)
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The “Green” Party is clueless? Color me shocked, SHOCKED I say! /sarc off / I guess they are sorely disappointed in the crashing e-car market. The sales of those vehicles have dropped faster than the proverbial millstone in the ocean.
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The green movement in Germany is in free-fall collapse. A stunning 85% of the youth have turned their backs on the Green Party in the state of Thuringia. (8)
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Good for them. This awakening is a good thing. but is it too late?
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The greens won a mere four percent of the vote in the region, not even reaching the minimum five percent required to win a parliamentary seat in the State election. Thuringia also failed to cross the five percent requirement. About 70% of their voter base has abandoned them in the last five years.
Germany is showing the world that the green craze is doomed to failure. People do not want to sacrifice their quality of life and their jobs for some utopian goals that are in any case based only on ideological assumptions and incomplete data sets.
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Would that more folks here in America would come to the same realization.
I can dream.
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