Germany desperately needs to pray for a warm February miracle if the country is to avoid an energy disaster and a state of emergency.
Germany’s Natural Gas Crisis Escalates … One Storage Site Near Empty …Government Silent
Germany’s Natural Gas Crisis Escalates … One Storage Site Near Empty …Government Silent
27 Jan 2026 Leave a comment
in energy economics Tags: Germany
Berlin’s Terror-Blackout Enters 4th Day As Tens Of Thousands Suffer In Cold Without Heat!
08 Jan 2026 Leave a comment
in economics of climate change, economics of crime, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming, law and economics Tags: climate activists, Germany

A humanitarian catastrophe unfolds in Berlin after leftwing fanatics sabotage power grid… It’s as if the green movement can’t destroy Germany’s energy supply quickly enough. Now fanatics are resorting to sabotage attacks on lifeline power grids. Epicenter of Berlin’s January 3rd terror attack blackout. For the second time in less than four months, lunatic fanatics…
Berlin’s Terror-Blackout Enters 4th Day As Tens Of Thousands Suffer In Cold Without Heat!
The Wind Energy Paradox: “Why More Wind Turbines Don’t Always Mean More Power”
20 Dec 2025 1 Comment
in energy economics Tags: Germany, wind power

The Munich-based daily Merkur is finally reporting on something that sus keptics have been pointing out some 20 years: Wind turbines always either produce too little or too much, and are thus uneconomical and unreliable. Image: Vernunftkraft.de In a recent insightful interview with Merkur.de, Prof. Dr. Sigismund Kobe, a renowned physicist from the TU Dresden,…
The Wind Energy Paradox: “Why More Wind Turbines Don’t Always Mean More Power”
Germany’s Accelerating Fiscal and Economic Decline
09 Dec 2025 Leave a comment
in budget deficits, economic growth, economic history, fiscal policy, income redistribution, labour economics, labour supply, macroeconomics, Public Choice, public economics Tags: ageing society, Germany

A lot has happened if you look at the past 100 years of German economic policy. Hyperinflation leading to Hitler’s National Socialists taking power. An impressive free-market revival after World War II. A growing welfare state after the imposition of a value-added tax in the 1960s. Some semi-impressive spending restraint starting in the mid-1990s. Very […]
Germany’s Accelerating Fiscal and Economic Decline
The taxing problem of zombie and phoenix companies
04 Dec 2025 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, fiscal policy, law and economics, macroeconomics, politics - New Zealand, property rights, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking Tags: Germany
Eric Crampton writes – Damien Grant isn’t normally the one making the case that the government needs to take more in tax. The liquidator and libertarian-minded columnist at the Sunday Star Times more typically wants what libertarians generally want – a government that spends less and that can let each of us keep more of […]
The taxing problem of zombie and phoenix companies
Porsche delays new electric car after demand slump
21 Sep 2025 Leave a comment
in economics of climate change, energy economics, entrepreneurship, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming, industrial organisation, survivor principle Tags: electric cars, Germany

By Paul Homewood h/t Ian Magness From the Telegraph: Porsche has delayed the launch of its new electric vehicle (EV) as weak demand forces the German car manufacturer to focus on petrol and diesel engines.
Porsche delays new electric car after demand slump
German political parties remain too far from the median voter
21 Sep 2025 Leave a comment
in international economic law, international economics, International law, labour economics, labour supply, politics, Public Choice Tags: economics of immigration, Germany
Our estimates indicate that the AfD’s vote share would shrink by as much as 75% if the CDU adopted its immigration stance. These results suggest that the electoral success of populist parties is strongly linked to genuine policy preferences, rather than being driven solely by dissatisfaction with political elites or protest voting. That is from […]
German political parties remain too far from the median voter
Germany Faces Challenging Winter Of Power Outages As Energy Supply Struggles
18 Sep 2025 Leave a comment
in energy economics Tags: Germany
Germany’s Energy Crisis: A Look At What’s Ahead Symbol image created by Grok 3 AI The head of transmission system operator Amprion, Christoph Müller, warns that Germany’s energy supply is facing a challenging winter due to a lack of power plant capacity as the nuclear and planned coal continue to get phased out. The This…
Germany Faces Challenging Winter Of Power Outages As Energy Supply Struggles
A cunning neo-nazi
01 Sep 2025 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economics of crime, gender, law and economics Tags: crime and punishment, Germany, law and order, political correctness, regressive left, sex discrimination, useful idiots

The Herald reports: A German neo-Nazi will be allowed to start serving an 18-month sentence in a women’s prison after he used a new government policy to register a change in gender. Sven Liebich, who has been photographed at far-right rallies wearing a Nazi-style uniform, will be sent to the Chemnitz women’s prison in Saxony, […]
A cunning neo-nazi
Berlin Moves To Ban Autos From Inside The City. Widespread Chaos Looms
03 Jul 2025 1 Comment
in economics of climate change, economics of regulation, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming, Public Choice, transport economics, urban economics Tags: Germany

Just 12 car trips person per year would be allowed! The Berlin Constitutional Court has declared the “Berlin car-free” referendum admissible, paving the way for a possible drastic reduction in car traffic. Hat-tip: Blackout News Cars may soon be banned in Berlin. Image generated by Grok 3 AI The court found that the aim of…
Berlin Moves To Ban Autos From Inside The City. Widespread Chaos Looms
German Police Conduct Nationwide Crackdown on Citizens Accused of Online Speech Crimes
30 Jun 2025 1 Comment
in economics of crime, law and economics, politics Tags: free speech, Germany, political correctness, regressive left

This month, the German Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) conducted a nationwide search for citizens accused of committing speech crimes. The annual crackdown is part of Germany’s robust censorship and speech criminalization policies. As European Union censors seek to expand the reach of laws like the Digital Services Act (DSA), all Americans need see the […]
German Police Conduct Nationwide Crackdown on Citizens Accused of Online Speech Crimes
Germany’s Renewable Energy Overcapacity Is Pushing The Power Grid To The Limit
12 Jun 2025 1 Comment
in economics of climate change, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming Tags: Germany, solar power, wind power

By Frank Bosse at Klimanachrichten (Translated, edited by P. Gosselin) “Too much electricity is also a danger.” With that headline, Germany’s “n-tv” surprised its readers on Pentecost Sunday. Attentive readers of “Klimanachrichten” already knew this beforehand: The past holiday weekend was a stress test for our electricity grid: The sun is very high, provides a…
Germany’s Renewable Energy Overcapacity Is Pushing The Power Grid To The Limit
Banning the AFD would make them stronger
18 May 2025 Leave a comment
in politics Tags: free speech, Germany
Matt Goodwin writes: There’s a national election. The mainstream parties do badly. They are challenged by an insurgent party that seems more in touch with the country. The mainstream parties then form a coalition, with no plan other than to keep themselves in power and the insurgent party out of power. Then, the intelligence services in that […]
Banning the AFD would make them stronger
Democracy in danger
03 May 2025 1 Comment
in politics - USA Tags: constitutional law, France, Germany
Germany’s domestic intelligence agency on Friday designated the far-right Alternative for Germany party, or AfD, as an “extremist endeavor,” a move that lowers hurdles for the spy agency in conducting certain kinds of surveillance on the party, the second-largest in Germany’s parliament. In a statement, the intelligence agency said the designation was “due to the […]
Democracy in danger
German Editor Sentenced and Fined for Satirical Picture of Interior Minister
11 Apr 2025 Leave a comment
in law and economics, liberalism, Marxist economics Tags: free speech, Germany, political correctness, regressive left

We previously discussed the case of Deutschland-Kurier editor David Bendels who published a satirical meme of Interior Minister Nancy Faeser holding an altered sign that read “I hate freedom of speech.” Ironically, the sign was believable given the anti-free speech positions of Faeser and the German government. Faeser, however, went ballistic. In a country that routinely arrests […]
German Editor Sentenced and Fined for Satirical Picture of Interior Minister
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