Posted on 05/25/2023 8:07:00 AM PDT by george76
Fresh on the heels of a sensible request by France to pause new green regulations comes an even stronger pushback in Germany.
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Last week it was President Macron who was rowing back on green measures. In a speech he asserted that Europe has, for now, gone far enough – if it introduces any more regulations without the rest of the world following suit then it will put investment at risk and harm the economy. This week, the European People’s Party – a centre right grouping which includes the German Christian Democrats, the party of Commission President Ursula von der Leyen – seems to be joining in.
The party is reported to be considering withdrawing its support for the European Commission’s Green Deal. That is the set of proposals which includes, for example, an EU-wide target for eliminating net carbon emissions by 2050. Whilst 11 EU countries have already set themselves legally-binding targets to reach net zero by 2050 (or 2045 in the case of Germany and Sweden), if the Green Deal were to go there would be no obligation on the other member states to follow suit.
Germany now seems to be taking over from France as the seedbed of opposition towards zero carbon policies, not least because it has more severe policies – and because its self-imposed, earlier target of reaching net zero by 2045 is increasingly looking out of kilter with reality.
last week a new party, ‘Burger in Wut’ (Citizens in Anger or BiW) took 9.6 per cent of the vote in state elections in Bremen. As with the Dutch Farmers-Citizen’s Movement (BoerburgerBeweging, or BBB) which came top of the country’s regional elections in March in protest at the government’s efforts to close down farms in order to meet nitrate targets, it was the speed of BiW’s rise which caught many unawares.
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I am not accustomed to seeing good proposals from France, but here goes: Macron Calls for ‘Regulatory Break’ in Green Laws to Help Industry
A pause is good but a rollback of Biden-sponsored madness would be much better.
President Biden should pay attention. But is he even awake?
Biden's Dirty Dish Deal
Will dishwashers in the US even work? That seemingly silly question is anything but silly.
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Please consider the The Federal Dirty Dish Rule
Last week the Energy Department dropped a sweeping proposal for “efficiency” mandates on dishwashers. Did you enjoy last night’s spaghetti, still crusted on the plate? Now you can taste it twice.
The proposal requires manufacturers to slash water use by a third, limiting machines to 3.2 gallons per cycle, down from the current federal limit of five gallons. New appliances must simultaneously cut estimated annual energy usage by nearly 30%.
Machines can only meet much higher efficiency standards by recirculating water in longer cycles, meaning run times of two or three hours. Yet if the dishes aren’t clean, owners run them again, undermining the argument about conservation.
The Energy Department plan gives manufacturers only until 2027 to produce the miracle of costlier washers that do a worse job. There are also new regulations for electric motors used in manufacturing, as well as beverage vending machines.
In recent months the Energy Department has proposed or finalized punishing new standards for ovens, microwaves, refrigerators and laundry machines (get ready for even moldier clothing). These come on top of rules for furnaces, air conditioners, and lightbulbs.
Pay More For Less Performance
Everything Biden does adds inflation pressures.
Note The Inflation Reduction Act Price Jumps From $385 Billion to Over $1 Trillion
Expect more of the same when Biden tries to impose a "just transition" to EVs.
And if you missed it, please see Hoot of the Day: The UAW Demands a "Just Transition" to Electric Vehicles
A backlash is coming. It started in France and Germany. The sooner a green backlash starts in the US the better.
Greta Thuneberg is fuming and algore will obviously have to hop on his private jet to set them straight!
a hot summer followed by a chilling winter will bring people to the realization that the EU elites want them dead.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUlQNsl4Qvk
there is a life about to start when tomorrow comes.
Green = SCAM
Pretty sure Biden will say White supremacy if questioned about this.
Germany ping
A stupid idea can only get so far, regardless of who is promoting it.
The Emperor Has No Clothes, is a book that should have been read by many…
Merkl and any of her administration that killed Germany’s nukes should be hung in the Black Forest and any in the current administration that support the ‘no nukes’ program should be taken the the Black Forest also.
C’mon Germans ... there is more than one way to remove a politician from office.
The deal to the deal, to the deal....goes nowhere if you can’t afford it.
Massive public discontent going on with inflation. Bunch of draft laws revolving around German Bundestag...involving heating and ‘control-measures’. This effort to push heat-pumps and gov’t authority over how you heat your home...probably will be the tipping point.
Last week, polling says the Greens are now 4th place behind AfD folks (16-percent). CDU firmly in first place (30-percent), and SPD (running the coalition with Greens/FDP) at 20-percent.
AfD is loaded with oddball characters (mostly right-wing), but they’ve picked on the discontent topics. No longer just refugees....there’s probably five or six topics where the gov’t is missing the sentiment of the public.
I noticed today, German agency is drafting up a law...they want data on how you heat your home, square meters, condition of insulation, furnace, etc. Will just stir up people that think it’s not the government’s business to manage all of this.
Bavarian state election is not that far off now...will be demonstrating how the public feels on the Green topics.
Environmentalism is a luxury.
Clearly the Germans have not experienced enough pain yet to cut through their ideological blinders. They need to sacrifice more of the economy to Gaia and shiver in the darkness for longer before they finally wake up.
The echoes of German history ring in my ears. Ideological blinders is an excellent term to use. A neighbor of mine, when we were legal residents there, had said that he feared that "we haven't learned the lesson yet." It certainly seems to be proving true.
Good luck finding any suitable trees....all the trees in city parks are gone...harvested by Germans without heating in winter.
Never underestimate Germany’s capacity to self flagellate.
Didn’t Germany close all their coal and nuclear plants?
A little late there, people.
Germany is mining coal.
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