Germany is in no way a role model when it comes to renewable energy.
this post was submitted on 18 Nov 2023
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Aren’t they ahead of many other developed nations? Just because they’re not perfect or their journey isn’t complete doesn’t mean their progress isn’t worth taking inspiration from.
Germany has made great sacrifice to be a leader in renewables. An example for other nations of what can be accomplished with confident determination.
That economic loss isn’t affecting the people it needs to affect for there to be real change. That’s the problem.
Privatize the Profits. Socialize the losses. It is known.
EVs are just a drop in the bucket. Most of the greenhouse gasses come from factories and industrial use
transportation accounts for 1/3 of emissions. as that demand transfers from oil to the electric grid, we'll need a lot more renewable-only capacity
Transitioning away from cars entirely is far cheaper and more viable than transitioning to EVs. Fuck cars
We have all this car infrastructure already. Unless the plan is to somehow replace that all with light rail in the next ten years, EVs are a reasonable solution we can roll out on a shorter timeline.
aye, fuck cars
That's ok, they'll just raise prices and "rightsize" to keep the shareholders happy.
Germany predominantly sources its energy from fossil fuels. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_in_Germany
And in 6 years, we will end coal as the first nation of the industrialized countries. The US is currently planing to phase it out in 16 years. Some other countries do not even have a plan for the next 20 years. What is your point?
i wish we would do a space race to end coal
There are more fossil fuels then just coal though. You could squint and if you were paid to be dishonest you could say that Lignite isn't coal and therefore in 6 years when Germany is still burning Lignite, they have transitioned away from coal. Additionally they are not planning on transitioning away from Natural Gas at all.
That's still cheaper than the wealthy paying taxes.
Oh, is that all?