Germany cracking under the strain of renewable energy

Posted: April 27, 2014 by oldbrew in alarmism, Energy, Politics, wind
Not-so-sunny Germany

Not-so-sunny Germany

Pierre Gosselin’s ‘NoTricksZone’ reports (link below) how the wheels are coming off Germany’s mega-expensive charge into renewable energy.

The economic and logistical strains of the rush out of nuclear energy, and into wind and solar power, are finally coming to a head.

Even the Vice Chancellor of the country is ready to throw the towel in.

For some at the top of politics, the penny may have finally dropped.
Sanity at last?

More here:

Angela Merkel’s Vice Chancellor Stuns, Declares Germany’s ‘Energiewende’ To Be On ‘The Verge Of Failure’!

Comments
  1. oldbrew says:
    April 27, 2014 at 10:32 pm

    Meanwhile in the UK…

    ‘Why does Ed Davey want to keep us in the dark?’
    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/energy/windpower/10789454/Why-does-Ed-Davey-want-to-keep-us-in-the-dark.html

    ‘Mr Davey’s projects will do little or nothing to achieve any of their declared aims – instead producing, at colossal expense, a comparatively derisory amount of electricity, and adding a further £1.5 billion a year to our bills, equivalent to £60 for every household, which is even more than what we are already paying for Osborne’s “carbon tax”.’

  2. Joe Public says:
    April 28, 2014 at 12:24 am

    “Sanity at last?”

    Sanity will only return after they’ve had blackouts.

    There’ll be violence on the streets, because the authorities will be incommunicado and there’ll be no street lights, no building lights and no CCTV.

  3. p.g.sharrow says:
    April 28, 2014 at 6:03 pm

    They are running out of OPM (other peoples’ money) this is a warning that the gravy train will be ending soon.

  4. oldbrew says:
    April 28, 2014 at 11:00 pm

    Even the warmist media in Germany is starting to get cold feet.

    ‘Climate alarmism headed for a dead-end’
    http://notrickszone.com/2014/04/28/hell-freezes-over-germanys-ultra-green-die-zeit-concedes-climate-movement-has-been-too-alarmist/

  5. Gail Combs says:
    April 29, 2014 at 9:22 am

    p.g.sharrow says: @ April 28, 2014 at 6:03 pm

    They are running out of OPM (other peoples’ money) this is a warning that the gravy train will be ending soon.
    >>>>>>>>>>>>
    P.G., the warning came when the biggest Rattus rattus, Al the Gorical himself jumped ship with his money bags.

    It came when Al Gore sold Current TV to Al-Jazeera last year and when “his company, Generation Investment… public investments in wind, solar, biomass and other alternative energy to combat climate change are practically non-existent.” Seems The Gorical has ditched green and is now heavily invested in China and Fracking/natural gas pipelines. SEE: (wwwDOT)thestreet.com/story/11727215/1/al-gore-walks-away-from-green-energy.html

    Shell Oil and BP have been behind CAGW from the get go. The aim was to kill coal which they do not own and replace it with natural gas, solar and wind where they have a large stake.

    Shell OIl’s VP, Ged Davis, who wrote the Sustainability Scenarios for the IPCC shows this in the “Sustainable Development (B1)” part of the February, 1998 Climategate e-mail which asks for comments on the attachment: “Draft Paper for the IPCC Special Report on Emissions Scenarios” by Ged Davis

    To quote from the Sustainable Development (B1) section:

    …The impact of environmental concerns is a significant factor in the planning for new energy systems. Two alternative energy systems, leading to two sub-scenarios, are considered to provide this energy:

    1. Widespread expansion of natural gas, with a growing role for renewable energy (scenario B1N). Oil and coal are of lesser importance, especially post-2050. This transition is faster in the developed than in the developing countries…

    No wonder Shell Oil (and BP) have been pushing global warming since day one when they provided the initial funding for the Climate Research Unit of East Anglia. It will be a real money maker. Tear out the old infrastructure and replace with Natural gas, Solar and Wind. A new twist on ‘the broken window fallacy’ where the entire country has to shell out to pay for replacing the ‘window’ the energy sector is so busy breaking.

    Who owns Royal Dutch Shell?
    The Dutch royal family (The House of Orange) is still reportedly the biggest shareholder in the Dutch part of the group, although the size of its stake has long been a source of debate. The Queen of England is also allegedly a major stockholder. Another major stockholder is the Rothschilds. The Rothschild Investment Trust was formed in 1988 => RIT Capital Partners. Rockefellers and Rothschilds Unite

    You can look at the Shell Oil board of directors HERE Rather well connected to governments, NGOs and various banks are they not?

    Then there are the connections with World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
    Prince Bernhard of the Dutch Royal Family is the Founding President. HRH The Duke of Edinburgh served as International President of WWF for 16 years until his retirement at the end of 1996. John H. Loudon, Better known as “the Grand Old Man of Shell”, John H. Loudon, a Dutchman, headed Royal Dutch Shell from 1951 to 1965…. He was President of WWF from 1976 to 1981, and also a member of The 1001 Club. Ruud Lubbers served three terms as Prime Minister of the Netherlands between 1982 and 1994, thus becoming the longest serving Dutch Prime Minister…. He continued in Parliament as Senior Deputy Leader, and later Parliamentary Leader of the Christian Democratic Alliance. He became President of WWF International on 1 January 2000, but only served for one year as he was appointed United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees from 2001-2005.

    Any surprise that the IPCC reports are laced with WWF gray literature?

    It will be interesting to see how fast the anti-fracking crowd is turned around. (They are useful because they keep a stranglehold on the gas supply and therefore keep prices high.)

  6. oldbrew says:
    April 29, 2014 at 9:35 am

    Another energy problem for Germany is its heavy reliance on Russian energy. They can’t risk getting on the wrong side of Putin & co., who are doing all they can to rubbish fracking as it threatens their gas sales and their stranglehold on European supplies.

    ‘More than 70 percent of Germany’s energy supply depends on imports. Russia alone accounts for a quarter of Germany’s gas, oil and coal imports. And real alternatives are not yet in sight.’
    http://www.dw.de/germany-has-no-alternative-to-russian-gas/a-17574004