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By P Gosselin on 22. November 2023
Never-ending green energy woes: high construction costs… uneconomical…”associated major economic risks” Source: westkueste100 Hydrogen will be the technology that will ultimately solve all the world’s energy woes, so claim those who are finally realizing that a lithium battery powered economy is a pipe dream after all. And, so must the green economy show go on. […]
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By P Gosselin on 7. November 2023
In an email, Czech physicist Lubos Motl warned claims of Net Zero being “cheap and easy” are naïve, “insane”. Globally, the costs would in fact be economically ruinous and explosive in terms of social cohesion. Here’s the excerpt of what he wrote (edited to remove names): Some people claim promoting Net Zero would be totally […]
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By P Gosselin on 5. November 2023
Even federal economics minister Robert Habeck (Greens) warns of a loss of industry threatening prosperity: From Blackout News “Industries are being lost, and that means not only the loss of employers and sectors, but also of an important part of our prosperity,” explained Federal Economics Minister Robert Habeck at the presentation of his detailed “industrial […]
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By P Gosselin on 17. October 2023
Large electric batteries, like those used storing energy for electric cars and homes, are not showing a very good safety record as they are prone to fires and explosions. Today German site Blackout News here reports how one home in central Germany had an entire exterior wall blown out as a storage battery exploded last […]
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By P Gosselin on 10. September 2023
The “world’s dumbest energy policy” is getting a lot dumber: German power production plummets 11.4% in first half of 2023 Since Germany shut down its remaining nuclear power plants earlier this year, it’s no surprise the country’s electricity generation has slumped and is now more heavily dependent on foreign imports. Tichy’s Einblick here reports that […]
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By P Gosselin on 30. August 2023
New, internal combustion engine (ICE) cars are planned to be eliminated from German streets by 2030, when Germans will have to purchase electric vehicles when buying a new car. That’s what the government plans. But today Germany’s Blackout News site reports that there’s “a major problem with the trend of new car registrations.” It appears […]
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By P Gosselin on 26. August 2023
Germany’s so-called Energiewende is leading to lots of economic pain as energy prices are projected to keep rising until 2040. Some 20 years ago, the German Greens and Socialists, who were in power, promised green energies, primarily from wind and sun, would be cheap, plentiful and clean in the future. In 2004, then Environment Minister […]
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By P Gosselin on 30. July 2023
UPDATE: “The burning freighter has arrived at its new temporary anchorage after a risky transport along the Dutch Wadden Sea islands. This was announced by the water authority in The Hague on Monday. The new, less dangerous anchorage is about 16 kilometres north of the island of Schiermonnikoog,” Germany’s NIUS.de here reports. A major North […]
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By P Gosselin on 23. July 2023
As Europe adventurously moves to wean itself off fossil fuels, more and more plans are being made to fill the electricity supply gap with wind energy. But one major UK wind project illustrates how they are economically risky as the economy teeters. Symbol photo. Image: P. Gosselin Blackout News here reports that Swedish energy giant […]
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By P Gosselin on 14. July 2023
“There is no more harmful way of generating energy than with wind turbines,” Rudolf Hammer tells AUF 1 journalist Sabine Petzl. Microbiologist, biochemist and professional engineer Rudolf Hammer warns that changing over to wind and solar energy is not a clean way to produce energy. Screenshot AUF 1. As Germany and Austria rush to wean […]
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By P Gosselin on 7. July 2023
Germany has gone from being an electricity exporter to being an importer. Germany’s powerful environmental movement not only vilified fossil fuels, but also nuclear power. So much so, in fact, that Germany has shut down its entire fleet of nuclear power plants over the recent years. Moreover, Germany plans to exit all fossil fuel power […]
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By P Gosselin on 4. July 2023
Mobility risks becoming affordable ONLY TO THE RICH, while the poor will become prisoners in their 15-minute cities AI image by dall e German site Inside Digial.com here reports how electric cars have the “big problem” of being “simply too expensive”, are “only for the rich” and “out of reach for most motorists”. No wonder […]
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