It’s coal to the rescue as wind and solar fail to keep German lights on
They call it the "Energiewende," meaning energy transition, and it doesn't work.
They call it the "Energiewende," meaning energy transition, and it doesn't work.
Germany's new leaders have experienced a rude lesson regarding the disastrous consequences of years of naïve opposition to fossil fuels.
Oddvar Lundseng, Hans Johnsen and Stein Bergsmark Even worse, its growing problems with wind and solar spell trouble all over the globe.
Almost half of Germany's electric power comes from coal fired generation. That is a lot of juice and a lot of jobs.
Even committed Green Disciples with a huge Tesla battery in their garage soon found that their battery was flat and that there was no solar energy to recharge it.
Having agreed that the 2020 CO2 emission cuts promised under the Paris Agreement are not achievable, the might-be German government has tentatively committed to even less realistic promises for 2030.
“The country’s climate obsession has turned into one of the country’s biggest political and economic handicaps, making Germany almost ungovernable.”
Germany plans to stop building new wind farms by 2019, gradually turning away from its $1.1 trillion wind power program, according to a Thursday report in Berliner Zeitung.