At the end of the article, Haferburg comes to the conclusion that we will continue to see coal-fired power plants in operation for a very long time.
Germany’s Unstable Power Grid…Coal Plants Will Be Needed “For A Very Long Time”
Germany’s Unstable Power Grid…Coal Plants Will Be Needed “For A Very Long Time”
03 Mar 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: coal power, Germany, wind power
Germany’s dream of building a fleet of hydrogen-fired power plants is faltering
08 Feb 2024 Leave a comment
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“If these turbines are only supposed to run when the sun isn’t shining and the wind isn’t blowing, then they will be extremely expensive,” he added.
Germany’s dream of building a fleet of hydrogen-fired power plants is faltering
Germany: “Renewable Energy Sector Facing The Abyss”…”On The Brink” …Economy Breaking Up
27 Jan 2024 1 Comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: celebrity technologies, Germany, wind power
The policies of (worst ever) Economics Minister Robert Habeck (Green Party) are leading the German economy to disaster.
Germany: “Renewable Energy Sector Facing The Abyss”…”On The Brink” …Economy Breaking Up
CO2 Tax Farmers Protests Rock Germany, Government Backing Down
07 Jan 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: Germany
In the face of protests and a rising electoral threat from right wing AFD candidates, the German Government has grudgingly offered concessions to victims of their green policies.
CO2 Tax Farmers Protests Rock Germany, Government Backing Down
Green Activists? Russians? German Natural Gas Pipeline Sabotaged
07 Jan 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, law and economics Tags: Germany
Inspectors have discovered suspected sabotage, someone apparently drilled 1cm holes in the pipeline.
Green Activists? Russians? German Natural Gas Pipeline Sabotaged
Economic conundrums for Germany as top court cancels climate funding plan
25 Nov 2023 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: Germany
When might it occur to politicians, German or not, that endless subsidies to feed their own climate obsessions either come out of the same pot as the rest of their government’s income, or by pumping up national debt – or both? Looks like a road to nowhere, or nowhere good. – – – As Germany […]
Economic conundrums for Germany as top court cancels climate funding plan
BLOOD AND IRON: THE RISE AND FALL OF THE GERMAN EMPIRE 1871-1918 by Katja Hoyer
17 Nov 2023 Leave a comment
in economic history Tags: Germany
(German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck) It might surprise most of you that Germany has only been a country since 1871. By the mid-19th century Germany was a series of states, thirty nine to be exact. The dominant principalities were Prussia and Bavaria, one dominated the Lutheran north, the other the Catholic south. The question must […]
BLOOD AND IRON: THE RISE AND FALL OF THE GERMAN EMPIRE 1871-1918 by Katja Hoyer
Big Green in trouble – German version
16 Nov 2023 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: atomic energy, Germany, wind power
A number of folk have been waiting impatiently for the contradictions of consensus climate policy to become undeniably apparent. What’s happening in Germany might fit the bill. Germany’s ruling Socialist-Liberal-Green coalition shut down the last of the country’s operating nuclear reactors in April in line with their agreed policy. They overrode calls for a reversal […]
Big Green in trouble – German version
November 9, 1918: Collapse of the German Monarchies
10 Nov 2023 Leave a comment
in defence economics, economic history, war and peace Tags: Germany, World War I
As the first Word War was drawing to a close, throughout the month of November 1918, all 22 monarchs within the German Empire were either forced to abdicate, or stepped down of their own accord. After the Oberste Heeresleitung stated the German front was about to collapse and asked for immediate negotiation of an armistice, […]
November 9, 1918: Collapse of the German Monarchies
Who ruled Germany before Hitler? Weimar Republic (1918–1933)
09 Nov 2023 Leave a comment
in defence economics, economic history, war and peace Tags: Germany, Nazi Germany, World War I
Why Germany Hates Nuclear Power
26 Aug 2023 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: atomic energy, Germany
Why did Wilhelm II get rid of Bismarck?
01 May 2023 Leave a comment
in constitutional political economy, defence economics, economic history Tags: Germany
Otto von Bismarck: The Iron Chancellor
20 Mar 2023 Leave a comment
in economic history, war and peace Tags: Germany
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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