Professor Fritz Vahrenholt revisits Germany’s transition to green energies (Energiewende), calling the country’s exit from nuclear power a huge mistake, one that even the current government now acknowledges. Prof. Fritz Vahrenholt (photo) looks at the high costs of green energy subsidies in Germany. In 2025, wind and solar operators received approximately €16.5 billion in government…
Energy Expert: Germany’s Nuclear Phaseout Was A “500 Billion Euro Mistake”
Energy Expert: Germany’s Nuclear Phaseout Was A “500 Billion Euro Mistake”
25 Mar 2026 Leave a comment
in economics of climate change, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming Tags: atomic energy, Germany, wind power
Wake-up Call: Survey Shows Majority Of Germans Now Favor Postponing Climate Targets!
16 Mar 2026 1 Comment
in economics of climate change, economics of information, economics of media and culture, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming Tags: Germany
According to the survey, 53 percent of Germans are in favor of pushing back the target for climate neutrality from 2045 to 2050. This shift would align Germany with the general European Union timeline and end the current “special path” (Sonderweg) of an accelerated exit.
Wake-up Call: Survey Shows Majority Of Germans Now Favor Postponing Climate Targets!
The Hidden Cost of Hard-to-Fire Labor Laws: Why European Firms Don’t Take Risks
08 Mar 2026 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economics of bureaucracy, economics of regulation, entrepreneurship, labour economics, law and economics, managerial economics, organisational economics, personnel economics, property rights, Public Choice, theory of the firm, unemployment Tags: creative destruction, employment law, European Union, Germany
In our textbook, Modern Principles, Tyler and I write: Imagine how difficult it would be to get a date if every date required marriage? In the same way, it’s more difficult to find a job when every job requires a long-term commitment from the employer. In two new excellent pieces, Brian Albrecht and Pieter Garicano…
The Hidden Cost of Hard-to-Fire Labor Laws: Why European Firms Don’t Take Risks
Germany’s “Energy Transition” Hits the Ice: LNG Crisis Exposes the Costs of Shunning Nuclear and Baseload Power
05 Mar 2026 Leave a comment
in economics of climate change, economics of regulation, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming Tags: wind power, solar power, Germany, celebrity technologies
Baseload power sources — whether nuclear or coal — were dismissed prematurely with pie-in-the-sky magical-thinking that a renewables-centric system could replace them quickly. But the reality of an industrialized society is that demand does not pause when the wind stops blowing or when Baltic ice slows a tanker. In that context, abandoning dispatchable power before…
Germany’s “Energy Transition” Hits the Ice: LNG Crisis Exposes the Costs of Shunning Nuclear and Baseload Power
‘Disaster’! Climate groups slam Germany for scrapping renewable heating law
27 Feb 2026 Leave a comment
in economics of bureaucracy, economics of climate change, economics of regulation, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming, Public Choice, urban economics Tags: Germany
“Habeck’s heating hammer” set to bite the dust. Maybe net zero zealotry is not the complete answer to modern energy supply after all, despite what its supporters keep claiming. – – – A revision of an existing law will now allow homeowners to use oil and gas as heating fuel instead, says Euronews. Germany’s government […]
‘Disaster’! Climate groups slam Germany for scrapping renewable heating law
German Gas Crisis…Chancellor Merz Allegedly Bans Gas Debate Ahead of Elections!
12 Feb 2026 Leave a comment
in economics of climate change, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming Tags: Germany
Germany’s energy woes were compounded by the country’s move away from coal and nuclear power as part as its transition to green energies. According to Spiegelsperger, “We have switched from nuclear and coal now mainly to gas; every day we produce an average of between 15 and 20 GW with gas-fired power plants, which naturally…
German Gas Crisis…Chancellor Merz Allegedly Bans Gas Debate Ahead of Elections!
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05 Feb 2026 Leave a comment
in defence economics, economic history, International law, war and peace Tags: Germany, World War I, World War II
One Reason Only For Germany’s Heating Gas Crisis: Its Hardcore-Dumbass Energy Policy
04 Feb 2026 Leave a comment
in economics of climate change, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming Tags: Germany
Germany approaching energy state of emergency…shutdown of heavy industries. The consequence: another economic body blow the country cannot afford…gross policy negligence
One Reason Only For Germany’s Heating Gas Crisis: Its Hardcore-Dumbass Energy Policy
One Reason Only For Germany’s Heating Gas Crisis: Its Hardcore-Dumbass Energy Policy
02 Feb 2026 Leave a comment
in economics of climate change, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming Tags: Germany
Germany approaching energy state of emergency…shutdown of heavy industries. The consequence: another economic body blow the country cannot afford…gross policy negligence As Germany’s heating gas supply becomes increasingly tense and nears emergency low levels, policymakers will likely blame a “colder than normal winter.” But that claim will not hold. The real reason: It is what…
One Reason Only For Germany’s Heating Gas Crisis: Its Hardcore-Dumbass Energy Policy
Germany’s Natural Gas Crisis Escalates … One Storage Site Near Empty …Government Silent
27 Jan 2026 Leave a comment
in energy economics Tags: Germany
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
Berlin’s Terror-Blackout Enters 4th Day As Tens Of Thousands Suffer In Cold Without Heat!
08 Jan 2026 1 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
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