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May 22, 2012
Published: 13 Apr 11 09:56 CET
Online: http://www.thelocal.de/politics/20110413-34355.html
Electricity prices will rise only slightly under the government’s plan to hasten the shift to renewable energy, Environment Minister Norbert Röttgen has said in an effort to bolster his case for green power.
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What planet is this guy on. Maybe his idea of slightly is offset is covered by his inflated politician wage. The rest of use mere mortals will have to carry the full cost.
HAaaaa Haaa HAaaaaa HAAA HAAAA HAAAAAA ,
The word of the year, slightly
To Germany, perhaps there's a (slightly) cheaper way?
Oh, and biomass. Why yes by ALL means. Unworkable pie in the sky. Are Germans willing to trade food for fuel? I imagine not. And doesn't soil need crop residue to stay healthy?
German electricity rates, carbon emissions, and dependence on foreign governments for power are going up soon. It'll be buying nuclear electricity (which they will be only too happy to sell) from France and making up the difference with natural gas from Russia which they will also be only too happy to sell........ as long as they have all THEY need, and and there isn't any critical language coming from Berlin directed toward the East.
From 1995 to 2005 Germany tripled its supply of 'green power' from 5% to more than 15% of national capacity. As of now, the power from green sources is on par with nuclear so the idea that a phase out is not possible is simply wrong. The data does not support all this doomsaying, so sorry. Nuclear power can be phased out in 10 years and supplanted with renewables as the government is now advocating.
The information is out there, freely available, if you bother to look.
I applaud the Government, they woke up and realized they made a mistake. Now they are trying to correct it, for the betterment of the nation.
Unlike Angela The Cautious who has suddenly morphed into becoming Angela The Meddlesome, whose stupefyingly ignorant decision vis-a-vis nuclear power threatens to destroy the hard fought economic success we are currently enjoying.
Only a rich and prosperous nation can even entertain some of the idiocy of the Green/Left movement , this is normally counterbalanced by the adults, you know the CDU/FDP,? Hell even the SDP under SChroeder or Schmidt wouldn't risk destroying the economy for this eco fairytale!
I wonder how the polls will look the first time the rolling blackouts begin?