Wait a second, my utility company was telling me the same thing 20 years ago. I wonder if their voluntary and toothless promises made a difference?
** checks current energy mix ** Nope, they still only allocate green energy as legally required, since they can still build (and earn rate of return on) more fossil fuel infrastructure. Surely they wouldn't lie twice?
Are they talking about the US-Israel war in the middle east?
It's been long apparent to anyone not in a oil/car executive's pay that building your national infrastructure around imported oil is a huge national security danger. Not just a risk, but a known event that you're ensuring will take out that nation once the gas stops flowing.
I feel the CDU is full of shit in many things, but if they could finally get behind moving to rewables across the board by rightfully positioning it as the national defense strategy it is, then get moving.
"Yes Mom I'll clean my room, but first let me trash it for another 20 years, then I'll hire a crew with your money to rebuild the house."
Meanwhile in Canada.... .MOAR PIPELINES!
Me: *checks watch* . . . Uh, yeah, now is . . . now is good. I mean. Yeah.
"Just another 20 years haha guys I swear"
yeah, sure. German energy strategy is basically as sound as a shaggy dog story. they just want that sweet russian gas back.
lol, set it far enough in the future that it's a worthless promise aka kick the can down the road.
if they'd said by 2030, then i'd pay attention.
2000 2010 2020 2030 2045
Bullllshit.
Schneider, of the center-left Social Democratic Party,
CDU energy minister, and with CDU head of state, have campaigned/said they are going the other way. Is Schneider speaking for a unified government here? Backed up by rest of cabinet?
Who could have predicted such a war? Or the climate collapse? Or the invasion of Ukraine?
They all just came out of nowhere.
They just pumped another 2,5 billion euros into making petrol at the pump cheaper for everyone... Surely a government truly commited to this energy transition would have invested those 2,5 billions elsewhere ay
Donald Trump the Climate Stalinist
Always planning in the far future so politics can change...and someone else can be blamed for it not happening. Sheesh, we are so screwed. I never thought in my wildest dreams that we as a species would be cheering on climate change. Even this is too little too late.
The article is mostly about petrol for cars, it briefly mentions reliance on gas (for electricity). Do germans have gas connections to heat their house and cook?
When another oil pipe was bombed somewhere in September and the prices hiked, I saw people commenting that it's ‘your rulers [oligarchs] doing that to push EV [electric vehicles] on us’ which seems like the most misdirected rage I've seen (yet) and maybe most uninformed. I wonder if the comment came from the US
Trump the environmentalist
Well they could figure out ways to source energy for the combustion engine differently. I do think pulling it out of the ground isn't the best move but you can make diesel out of so many different things. And plastics just aren't going to go away but you can also make plastics out of different things.
Should've used UNLIMITED POWER (nuclear)
Small modular reactors cannot be widely proliferated soon enough. Solar, Tidal, and Wind being able to provide for the majority of energy needs still feels like a dream.
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