Actual headline: “Corrupt conservatives cement fossil fuel dependency for their donors under a pretense”
They pretend that those gas power stations are needed, then sabotage renewable upbuild and grid improvements while blocking storage to create that scenario in the first place.
Also they will justify the price increases (flowing right into the pcoket of fossil fuel producers) somehow as costs caused by renewables…There’s an argument that gas peaker plants are useful, if only to shut the “what if it’s cloudy and there’s no wind” dickheads up, but renewables should come first.
Couldnt have said it better
Is there more information about how much cover is needed? The article is very poor in content imo.
Germany must to go the path of China, the world’s largest CO2 emitter. According to the country’s latest five-year plan, Beijing seeks to expand domestic gas production and increase storage and shipping capacity, making it clear that gas is set to be a key part of China’s energy consumption for years to come.
Also, in a little more than a decade, China has risen from being a minor player to becoming the world’s largest consumer of imported natural gas. It’s important that Germany and the rest of Europe isn’t sleepwalking into the same direction in my opinion.
Let’s not forget that Germany already has like 3x its peak consumption in installed renewable capacity.
What abandoning nuclear does to a mofo.
And, at a deeper level, what you get when your political movement (German environmentalists, in this case) opposes everything and recommends nothing.
