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Germany is set to escalate its suicidal energy policies
American Thinker ^ | 29 Nov, 2021 | Andrea Widburg

Posted on 11/29/2021 4:29:59 AM PST by MtnClimber

Americans need to pay attention because this is what the Biden administration and other Democrats want for America.

Angela Merkel held the top spot in Germany for 16 years. Although most will associate her with the flood of Middle Eastern and North African Muslims destabilizing Europe, she should also be remembered for ushering in the climate change revolution that’s turned Germany from a wealthy country into one in which its citizens are plagued by rolling brownouts and its poor people cannot afford heat in the winter. Now, the incoming coalition government will make sure things get worse on the climate change front.

Green energy hasn’t been good to Germany. In 2017, the Daily Caller reported on the damage green energy had done to Germany’s energy infrastructure:

Germany’s power grid almost collapsed in January due to poor performance from wind turbines and solar panels, according to data from a major trade union.

Wind and solar power plants under-performed in January, 2017, because of cloudy weather with little or no wind, setting the stage for massive blackouts.

A major blackout almost occurred Jan. 24 and was only prevented when German energy suppliers “also took the last reserve power plant,” Michael Vassiliadis, head of the union which represents power plants IG Bergbauchemie Energie, told reporters. The country’s power grid was strained to the absolute limit and could have gone offline entirely, triggering a national blackout, if just one power plant had gone offline, according to Vassiliadis.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Society
KEYWORDS: communism; leftism

1 posted on 11/29/2021 4:29:59 AM PST by MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber

The self loathing left find many ways to sabotage their own societies. How much longer will their citizens tolerate them?


2 posted on 11/29/2021 4:30:12 AM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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The Germans spent half a trillion Euro on wind and solar and emissions went up. They had to use coal plants for backup power because you cannot turn a nuke plant on and off. And they discovered power plants are like cars. They pollute the most when you start and stop them.


3 posted on 11/29/2021 4:35:14 AM PST by MattMusson (Sometimes the wind blows too much)
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To: MtnClimber

Culling, population control.


4 posted on 11/29/2021 4:38:57 AM PST by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: MtnClimber

Vlad will be glad to help …

for a price.


5 posted on 11/29/2021 4:46:27 AM PST by Coffee... Black... No Sugar (“Salute the Marines.” - Joe )
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Germany is slipping from first world status to third world status - and it’s going to get worse. The incoming coalition government consisting of Social Democrats, Greens, and Free Democrats has a grand vision for doubling down on green energy in truly revolutionary fashion:

As Chancellor Angela Merkel’s era comes to an end, Germany’s next coalition government has vowed to usher in a “climate revolution” ahead of its inauguration. “Germany’s new coalition promises climate revolution,” country’s state-run DW News reported on Friday.

The incoming coalition, made up of Social Democrats, Greens and center-right Free Democrats, has agreed to set up a “super ministry” to push a climate agenda. “A new ‘super’ Climate and Economy Ministry, to be headed by Habeck, is to provide the bureaucratic muscle to implement the ambitious measures,” the German broadcaster added.

By putting the economy under the purview of the ‘super climate ministry,’ Berlin is sending the signal that globalist climate agenda comes before jobs or the nation’s economic wellbeing.

According to DW News, the green policy, originating in the same magic kingdom as uniform farts, is dedicated to renewables:
The measures include phasing out coal power by 2030, eight years ahead of the current schedule, powering 80% of the electricity grid with renewables within a decade and putting 15 million electric vehicles on German roads by 2030. The deal also proposes phasing out gas for power by 2040 and setting a minimum carbon price of €60 per ton ($68).

Will the Brandon Admin follow is these pioneering footsteps? Piled on top if all the other utterly destructive steps they have taken so far, the answer would be a resounding YES!
6 posted on 11/29/2021 5:24:37 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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Ain’t Communism wonderful.


7 posted on 11/29/2021 5:29:18 AM PST by bray (Our patience is wearing thin Joe)
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Angela Merkel graduated from the “University of Karl Marx.”

Renamed the “University of Leipzig” in 1990.


8 posted on 11/29/2021 5:32:44 AM PST by tired&retired (Blessings )
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Meanwhile the beaurocracy keeps delaying the Tesla Gigfactory. It’s not about green, it’s all about power and control and creating a bifurcated society of party leaders and serfs.


9 posted on 11/29/2021 7:11:38 AM PST by jimmygrace
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My aunt went back to East Germany to visit her mother. In the pictures i noticed something strange on the walls. I thought it was some new technique they used in painting the walls. it was frost. They lived though. And gladly suffered for Mother Russia and blamed the US for their plight.


10 posted on 11/29/2021 7:23:09 AM PST by griswold3 (When chaos serves the State, the State will encourage chaos)
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