Maybe they’ve woken up and realised that the consequence of destroying the climate for humans is not having an economy to worry about at all.
You can’t keep kicking the can down the road forever.
You can’t keep kicking the can down the road forever.
Germany committing economic suicide will not save the planet. It's also not going to persuade china and india to change course.
Actually will make the situation worse, since Germany uses the taxpayers money to support many other countries around the World.. Less tax money, less money to share.
> It's also not going to persuade China and India to change course
Even worse: It will show other Countries that the right way to move forward is to be like China and India, instead of being like Germany.
Another thing. China has more people that Europe and US combined and so does India. With your statement you are somewhat implying that we (European as Us citizen) have a right to pollute more per capita than Cinese and Indian citizens. I don't think that's fair.
So you've admitted China and India has more people, who want to consume more and produce more CO2 (don't make the mistake in thinking they are transitioning to renewables, they are adding them, but also adding shittons of coal power plants).
We have 2.3bn people that WANT to consume as much as the west per capita.
How is german economic suicide going to help? You bring down your own consumption for some moral reason, while completely ignoring what is happening in asia? How does that help anyone? It doesn't help the planet, it doesn't help yourself. The whole thing is some wierd suicidal virtue signalling. It makes no practical sense.
https://ourworldindata.org/co2/country/china?country=CHN~DEU
Seeing how China essentially took over global PV market share from Germany and Japan and will cross 500GW installed this year, doubling that number by 2028, I think they were already persuaded years ago - it's just that ramping up production to the scale of a 1bln+ country takes time.
And they're not doing this out of the goodness of their hearts - it's just cheaper this way.
The train is LONG gone and it's economic and political suicide to start now.
The whole "WhY DoN'T yOu BuIlD nUclEaR" is ignoring the large delays and over budget projects of modern reactors.
They were EOL, I'm not sure what you expected them to do with them? I don't really care about whatever pro/anti nuclear stance you have, I think it's pointless to even discuss in the German context because that ship sailed years ago.
Germany could shut down everything tomorrow and it wouldn't make a dent. Not making a dent _and_ ruining your economy will not make anyone follow your lead either.
Did someone with connections to the fossil fuel industry tell you that Contracts for difference would do that? They seem to have worked well to provide cheap alternatives to fossil fuels via market based incentives in many other countries and industries.
You didn't explain why you think they'll be such a disaster in this instance? Do you actually have a reason for thinking so?
Can you stop parroting the incredibly stupid line of "ruining your economy", please? It's extensively used by the oil industry lobby/propaganda to disparage any change that will affect their bottom line, you are (willingly or not) just repeating bullshit from lobbyists. And looking stupid while doing it.