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Economists, activists call for $100B climate fund in Germany
The Associated Press ^ | September 13, 2022

Posted on 09/13/2022 5:33:19 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

BERLIN (AP) — Economists, scientists and environmental campaigners called Tuesday for the German government to create a 100 billion-euro ($100-billion) fund for tackling climate change.

Marcel Fratzscher, the president of the German Institute for Economic Research, said the money is needed partly because of Germany’s failure to invest enough in solar and wind power. Adequate funding would have made the country less dependent on fossil fuel imports that are now contributing to energy poverty, Fratzscher said.

“These mistakes need to be corrected now,” he told reporters in Berlin.

Volker Quaschning, a prominent climate scientist at Berlin’s University of Applied Sciences for Engineering and Economics, said the 100 billion euros were only a fraction of the total sum required to transform Germany into a low-carbon economy and make the country resilient to the impacts of global warming.

Part of the money would also go toward helping developing countries. Quaschning said events such as the recent floods in Pakistan showed that far larger amounts would be needed in the coming years if Germany wants to shoulder its share of responsibility for climate change.

(Excerpt) Read more at apnews.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Germany; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: germany; globalwarming; hoax; propaganda; socialism
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1 posted on 09/13/2022 5:33:19 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

...environmental campaigners called Tuesday for the German government to create a 100 billion-euro ($100-billion) fund for tackling climate change.

Perhaps they can burn the money for warmth.


2 posted on 09/13/2022 5:35:42 AM PDT by Flick Lives (FJB and the corrupt FBI)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Climate change hysterics and con-men.

It’s hard to decide which is worse.


3 posted on 09/13/2022 5:37:06 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ( We need to “build back better” on the bones and ashes of those forcing us to “Build Back Better.")
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Gee, I wonder why they did not ask for 200 billion.


4 posted on 09/13/2022 5:37:27 AM PDT by OttawaFreeper ("The Gardens was founded by men-sportsmen-who fought for their country" Conn Smythe, 1966 )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Volker "Scheisskopf" Quisling


5 posted on 09/13/2022 5:39:17 AM PDT by StAnDeliver (Tanned, rested, and ready.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
$100 billion could build a few nuke power plants which would help the current situation more than spending to find unicorn farts.
6 posted on 09/13/2022 5:40:30 AM PDT by kickstart ("A gun is a tool. It is only as good or as bad as the man who uses it" . Alan Ladd in 'Shane' )
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To: Flick Lives

First and foremost, such a fund will be their personal goodie-bag. And, of course, fund money will be used to lobby for expanding the fund even more.


7 posted on 09/13/2022 5:49:48 AM PDT by rbg81
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

In the past month, bakeries across the nation have been getting their warning letter from the power companies...saying the price will go to six to ten times their normal bill. A lot of smaller bakery operations are saying they will shut down within 90 days because bread will triple price.

You go and discuss the problem with pizza shops....same issue brewing, and you could be talking about a 25-Euro pizza which used to be 9 to 12 Euro in price.


8 posted on 09/13/2022 5:56:26 AM PDT by pepsionice
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The Greeniac Cancer is spreading and may consume the world.


9 posted on 09/13/2022 5:59:03 AM PDT by antidemoncrat
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

“said the money is needed partly because of Germany’s failure to invest enough in solar and wind power.”

Doubling down on stupid.

L


10 posted on 09/13/2022 6:00:12 AM PDT by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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Doubling down on stupid.


11 posted on 09/13/2022 6:01:20 AM PDT by mykroar (Democrats support both types of allowed thought: Marxist and Leninist.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Fratzscher and any who agree with him need to be taken behind a nearby barn and have the ‘woke’ thrashed out of them ...

If Germany actually has that much disposable cash laying around they need to busy building a few nukes.


12 posted on 09/13/2022 6:17:55 AM PDT by ByteMercenary (Slo-Joe and KamalHo are not my leaders.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Stuck on stupid...


13 posted on 09/13/2022 6:29:22 AM PDT by Sacajaweau ( )
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How do you fix climate change?

I don't know, just give us more money.

14 posted on 09/13/2022 6:36:10 AM PDT by Tommy Revolts
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

How many nuclear plants will that buy?


15 posted on 09/13/2022 6:44:11 AM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Greta is now working to shut down wood burning.
Burning wood is currently rated “carbon neutral” in Europe by climate czars.


16 posted on 09/13/2022 6:46:13 AM PDT by nascarnation (Let's go Brandon!)
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To: Flick Lives

You have to credit the determination of the left. Like rust, they never sleep. Their people are fixin to freeze their butts off this winter and still they push the green propaganda without letup


17 posted on 09/13/2022 6:46:46 AM PDT by j.havenfarm (21 years on Free Republic, 12/10/21! More than 5000 replies and still not shutting up!)
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To: Lurker
Doubling down on stupid.

There is only one alternative to fossil fuels, nuclear. If you are serious about replacing fossil fuels then you go nuclear.

18 posted on 09/13/2022 7:05:46 AM PDT by jpsb
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“Economists, activists call for $100B climate fund in Germany”

riiight ... let’s chop some more holes in the Titanic and make it sink even faster ...


19 posted on 09/13/2022 7:13:29 AM PDT by catnipman (In a post-covid world, ALL "science" is now political science: stolen elections have consequences)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Just charge it.


20 posted on 09/13/2022 7:36:06 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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