"evidence suggests the last sentence about it being stupidity is wrong"
Meaning it's cupidity, not stupidity? On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 8:41 PM, Gar Lipow <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 12:40 PM, Eugene Coyle <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Germany has an ambitious plan to switch from nuclear to solar and wind. >> It is running into problems, for businesses and residences alike. >> >> Gene >> >> >> http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/19/world/europe/germanys-effort-at-clean-energy-proves-complex.html?pagewanted=all > > > And a comment in that link explains why very well, other than his/her own > evidence suggests the last sentence about it being stupidity is wrong > > > jupi > > - Hessen, Germany > > Sadly this article get's it all wrong. In fact there is no real government > support for the shift to renewables. The smaller coalition partner, the > FDP, is openly against it. Angela Merkels CDU isn't honest enough to say > what it wants, including Angela Merkel herself. > One has to remember, that the present government inherited the plans for > renewables from the former government, including plans to shut down all > nuclear plants. The switching to solar began long before Merkel took over. > Merkel worked hard to end all these plans - and nearly succeeded. It was > the exit from the exit from nuclear energy, resulting in public uproar > without end. An unprecedented debacle for Merkel . > > Then Fukushima happened and Merkel jumped on the chance to take a 180deg > turn. She presented her own plan, that was basically a facade of the old > one, minus solar energy. It was the exit from the exit from the exit from > nuclear energy. So much for Angela Merkels commitment to renewables. > As a result of her politics, installation of solar plants dropped by > 50-60% within the year. Uncounted companies went bankrupt. The big players > in electricity business are happy to build coal fired plant after coal > fired plant, with the main goal to obstruct the switching to renewables - > with the side effect of increased CO2 emissions, because the poor german > coal produces more of it than gas, that would otherwise be used. > > I could go on indefinitely about the stupidity of this government. > >> _______________________________________________ >> pen-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l >> > > > > -- > Facebook: Gar Lipow Twitter: GarLipow > Solving the Climate Crisis web page: SolvingTheClimateCrisis.com > Grist Blog: http://grist.org/author/gar-lipow/ > Online technical reference: http://www.nohairshirts.com > > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > > -- Cheers, Tom Walker (Sandwichman)
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