Let me introduce you to the current German minister for economy and energy:
Katharina Reiche, nickname “Gas-Kathy”.
She is set on building more gas power plants and generally increasing the use of fossile fuels again, while at the same time making life harder for the renewable producers.
Current German government sometimes feels a bit like the cheap copy of the US…
Current German government sometimes feels a bit like the cheap copy of the US…
Maybe, but it’s more a cheap copy of China, as fossil fuel (and particularly coal) plays a much larger role than in Germany or the rest of the EU. China is the largest producer and consumer of coal in the world, and the country plans to increase its coal energy in the next 5 years.
Doesn’t Germany still use coal though, and gas is actually better than coal. We made that change over a decade ago in the UK and are now reducing gas usage with wind and solar.
Current government is more on the track “reducing wind and solar usage with gas.”
It’s driven by
a) Lobbyism
b) Trying to make clear that they are not the “GREEEEENS” (Green Party who was part of previous government and started a lot of sensible stuff they are now busy reverting…
Let me introduce you to the current German minister for economy and energy:
Katharina Reiche, nickname “Gas-Kathy”.
She is set on building more gas power plants and generally increasing the use of fossile fuels again, while at the same time making life harder for the renewable producers.
Current German government sometimes feels a bit like the cheap copy of the US…
Maybe, but it’s more a cheap copy of China, as fossil fuel (and particularly coal) plays a much larger role than in Germany or the rest of the EU. China is the largest producer and consumer of coal in the world, and the country plans to increase its coal energy in the next 5 years.
@HerbGrower@slrpnk.net
Doesn’t Germany still use coal though, and gas is actually better than coal. We made that change over a decade ago in the UK and are now reducing gas usage with wind and solar.
We could skip gas and go right to renewables just fine.
Current government is more on the track “reducing wind and solar usage with gas.”
It’s driven by
a) Lobbyism
b) Trying to make clear that they are not the “GREEEEENS” (Green Party who was part of previous government and started a lot of sensible stuff they are now busy reverting…