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Michael Shellenberger

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For decades, experts have pointed to Germany as proof that a major economy can run on renewables. But now, Germany is on the verge of blackouts and its Economy & Climate Minister has announced emergency measures to massively increase coal use. www-bmwk-de.translate.goog/Redaktion/DE/P

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The proximate cause of the energy crisis is that Russia last week started curtailing nat gas as retaliation for EU sanctions & its military support for Ukraine. But the underlying reason is Germany's delusional belief that it could rely on renewables.

The West’s Green Delusions Empowered Putin

While we banned plastic straws, Russia drilled and doubled nuclear energy production.

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Michael Shellenberger

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I greatly admire Germany's cultural commitment to excellence, but its dark side is an arrogance that blinded Germans to the fact that they were becoming dangerously dependent on unreliable renewables and imported Russian natural gas.

theguardian.com

‘We were all wrong’: how Germany got hooked on Russian energy

The long read: Germany has been forced to admit it was a terrible mistake to become so dependent on Russian oil and gas. So why did it happen?

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At the U.N. in 2018, Trump warned, "Germany will become totally dependent on Russian energy if it does not immediately change course." One need not be a fan of Trump to see that he was dead right. Now look at the smug reaction by German diplomats.

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I experienced the same arrogance. I repeatedly warned Germans starting in 2017 not to close their nuclear plants because unreliable renewables couldn't replace them, and attempting to do so would instead lock in natural gas.

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Michael Shellenberger

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Delusions die hard. It was alwasy obvious Putin would use energy as a weapon to support his invasion of Ukraine. Many people responded to my tweet last Feb by insisting that Putin miscalculated. Today's events prove that Germany miscalculated, not Putin

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Michael Shellenberger

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People think nothing could have been done to prevent Russia from invading Ukraine, but that's absurd: if Putin thought the costs of invasion outweighed the benefits, he wouldn't have done it. He's a rational actor not a madman. And today it's clear Putin calculated correctly.

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Chancellor

is choosing to ramp up coal rather than continue to operate Germany's nuclear plants. This is, bluntly, totally insane. Germany's anti-nuclear insanity has gone beyond being bad for the environment, it's now undermining security

German economy minister says lengthening nuclear run-times not an option

Germany's economy minister said on Tuesday that prolonging the lifespan of three remaining nuclear reactors in the current energy supply tightness would not be an option.

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If

were capable of acting like a president, he would immediately telephone

and tell him that he must continue to operate Germany's nuclear plants, and restart the ones that Germany idiotically closed in December, OR ELSE

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Germany's anti-nuclear insanity is now affecting the world. By shutting down its nuclear plants Germany is increasing its consumption of natural gas, driving up prices, strengthening Putin, and financing his war in Ukraine.

Russia’s Oil Revenue Soars Despite Sanctions, Study Finds

Rising oil prices more than offset a decline in export volumes during the first 100 days of the assault on Ukraine.

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There are apparently people in the White House who actually believe they can destroy Russia's energy industry. That's idiotic. If — years from now — the West stops using Russian oil, coal, and gas, Russia will simply sell to China, India, & others.

U.S. Aims to Cripple Russian Oil Industry, Officials Say

The revenue powers Vladimir V. Putin’s war machine in Ukraine. But plans for new U.S. sanctions could create problems with China, India and other major buyers.

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Michael Shellenberger

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The global energy crisis stems from the simultaneous failure of leadership at the highest levels around the world. It's not just that Biden is too old, it's that he and European leaders like

have been made incompetent by ideology.

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Why Biden's Attacks On Energy Are "Absolutely Insane"

The president says he's taking action to lower prices, but he's not. Why is that?

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Michael Shellenberger

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The energy crisis in the US & Germany stem from the radical Malthusian Left's capture of center-Left political elites through its capture of the banking sector in a movement called "ESG" The Malthusian Left's goal — now achieved — was energy scarcity. michaelshellenberger.substack.com/p/why-bidens-a

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You have to wonder why Germany and honestly the rest of the world have to decided to decommission their nuclear power plants. Nothing comes close to nuclear power for density, consistency, cleanliness, and cost effectiveness. Wtf are we doing?

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