By P Gosselin on 20. March 2020
Make no mistake about it. The draconian measures implemented to cub the so-called COVID-19 “pandemic” are having a profound impact on the German economy as millions of self-employed have seen business wiped out, and even large industries such as Mercedes, VW and BMW are halting production. Even worse is the unprecedented (postwar) degree of uncertainty […]
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By P Gosselin on 14. March 2020
The “Streetscooter”: Electric Mobility’s First Large Bankruptcy Image: From Superbass – own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, commons.wikimedia.org By AR Göhring, European Institute for Climate and Energy (EIKE) (Text translated and summarized by P. Gosselin) Manufacturer “Streetscooter”, purchased by Deutsche Post (German Post) in 2014, will be scrapped. The German media of course blame it on […]
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By P Gosselin on 7. March 2020
Onshore wind energy in Germany has long lost its luster as a “clean” way to produce electricity in Germany. Currently green energy proponents are pushing to significantly ease restrictions against the construction of wind parks, and don’t want to hear any complaints from pesky local citizens. But resistance to projects has reached a massive scale. […]
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By P Gosselin on 28. February 2020
German t-online.de news portal here reports how yesterday large areas of central and southern Germany saw the power fail yesterday due to “snow and storms.” Power outages, Germany, February 27, 2020. (Source: stromausfall.org) In some locations the power was out for hours, t-online.de reports. Of course snow itself has little to do with the […]
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By P Gosselin on 22. February 2020
The German government recently decided to exit from coal generated power by 2038, and now one expert says that the exit is going to cost handsomely, and bring zero result. Still, that 2038 target is too slow for some. That’s how German politicians make decisions on things that concern the economy and environment. The German […]
Posted in Alternative Energy, Climate Politics |
By P Gosselin on 16. February 2020
Last Thursday evening in Münster, Germany, amid an atmosphere of loudly protesting students and Extinction Rebellion activists outside shouting obscenities and beating drums, prominent SPD social democrat and climate science critic Prof. Fritz Vahrenholt spoke on why Germany was headed down the wrong path with its now flailing transition to green energies, dubbed “Energiewende“. Prof. […]
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By P Gosselin on 14. February 2020
Europe storm leads to negative electricity prices By Die kalte Sonne (Translated/edited by P. Gosselin) It almost hurts a little that “specialist for renewable energies” (own claim on Twitter) Prof. Volker Quaschning gets mentioned here so often. This is simply due to the absurd tweets the man continuously puts out. His latest prank has to […]
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By P Gosselin on 11. February 2020
Germany’s onslaught on its famed automotive and production industries appears to be taking an economic toll as the country pushes ahead to go green by phasing out internal combustion engines and coal power plants. Recently we reported how electricity prices are again slated to increase this year, and thus will continue to make German power […]
Posted in Alternative Energy, Climate Politics |
By P Gosselin on 9. February 2020
Of good trees and bad trees: an unimaginable story By Die kalte Sonne (Text translated by P Gosselin) We have already reported about the very different views on trees in this blog. Perhaps this phenomenon has something to do with the fact that the words environmental protection and nature conservation are slowly but surely disappearing […]
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By P Gosselin on 4. February 2020
Today I found an interview with an “environmental expert” by the German alarmist site Klimareporter here. It conveys to us the real aims of the radical climate movement. In a nutshell: To change, limit and dominantly control human behavior. In the Kilmareporter interview, Prof. Rainer Griesshammer says that changing light bulbs, riding your bicycle and […]
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By P Gosselin on 2. February 2020
Leading dailies in Germany are reporting today that power companies across the country will be hiking electricity prices once again in the February to April period, affecting millions of households. This comes at the heels of a January price hike. “The wave of electricity price increases in Germany is not abating. According to figures from […]
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By P Gosselin on 1. February 2020
Despite the German government’s renewed commitment to meeting its CO2 emissions target by expanding wind energy, online weekly FOCUS here reports that wind energy appears to be on the verge of collapse and that “German climate targets are in danger.” Bleak times for Germany’s wind industry. Photo. P. Gosselin Lowest activity since ‘Energiewende’ began in […]
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