Critter7r
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You can ignore reality all day too.
Their own Finance minister called their " Green revolution " iniative a disaster.
Here's what the German people got for their huge investment in renewable energy.
300 percent higher cost on energy than the average American and dirtier air because now they are having to build new Coal fired power plants to make up for the lags in power that are inherent to Wind and Solar.
Their cost being 300% higher than the US means nothing. Was it cheaper than the US previously? No.
Are they dumb for using brown coal, probably, but using brown coal is one of the reasons they're using more coal, because it's lower potential energy density. And using it allows them to use more resources from within their own country.
Whether by design, or by ignorance, you're leaving out a piece of that energy puzzle. Let's break it down ... Germany was previously providing all of their electrical needs via coal fired power plants, and now that they're getting 30% of their electricity from renewables, they have to build more coal fired power plants?
Yeah, something's missing. I'll be honest and say that I don't know what it is that's creating the need for more coal fired power plants ... a larger population, more industrial usage, shuttering of old plants (i.e. replacement of plants, as opposed to "building more") ... but it's missing from your equation.
EDIT: And it's not because of their increase use of renewables.