Re:Germany cut fossil fuels as much as did the U.S., but at ...
by woodpanel on Thursday December 03, 2020 @06:49PM
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> I will merely present the facts.
As always, there are many ways one can arrange facts until they fit one's world view. Particulary in the polarized field of energy policy, where the urge to win the argument often leads to brushing-over of details (like the difference between primary and secondary energy).
But the author is right: Germans pay the highest price globally per kWh. This results in 289.000 households being cut off from electricity in 2019 alone [1]. Grewing up poor in Germany, I still remember winter's incredibly cold showers…
As always, there are many ways one can arrange facts until they fit one's world view. Particulary in the polarized field of energy policy, where the urge to win the argument often leads to brushing-over of details (like the difference between primary and secondary energy).
But the author is right: Germans pay the highest price globally per kWh. This results in 289.000 households being cut off from electricity in 2019 alone [1]. Grewing up poor in Germany, I still remember winter's incredibly cold showers…
[1] https://www.hartziv.org/news/20201008-soziale-katastrophe-st...