The Daily Chart: German Net-Zero Schadenfreude

November 27, 2023 — Steven Hayward

 

 

Turns out Germany’s great “energy transition” is hitting the wall so hard that the coalition government might go “splat.” The Wall Street Journal reported over the weekend how Germany’s Constitutional Court has ruled that the Scholz government can’t take unspent Covid funds and pour them down the net-zero rathole, but the full dimensions of the cost of Germany’s energy madness was revealed by Bloomberg, who noted that spending for green energy in special off-budget funds nearly exceeds the total budget for the entire rest of the German government:..........Consider this a preview of coming attractions in the United States, which under Joe Biden is trying to catch up with Germany’s green energy madness. So don’t put on your schadenfreude party hat just yet.............To Read More.

 

Green Ideology as Class Warfare I generally think of green dogma as something that the gentry class imposes on the rest of us–you peons have to live more poorly, never mind my yacht and private jet. But there is another side to it, as well, as we see in the Guardian: environmentalism as a manifestation of class envy. The article describes green angst in the advertising industry: There is increasing agreement that although individual behaviour...........

Australian government throws giant pile of money at renewables — so big, the cost is a secret - By Joanne Nova - The Australian Government is building magical weather machines with large amounts of our children’s money, and they won’t even tell us what it will cost. Dear Sir, we’re here to fix the car you didn’t know was broken, give us your wallet. We’ll just help ourselves to your cash and won’t tell you what this costs, OK? (It must cost a fortune because if it were cheap, we’d tell you). The Labor government promised impossible Net Zero things, and 18 months, later everyone knows it is impossible. Renewable investment has ground to a halt, people are not buying EVs, farmers don’t want the transmission lines, coastal towns don’t want the wind towers, project costs are doubling and tripling, and Florence the borer is still stuck in a very short hole that is meant to be a long one...........

Say NO! to so-called “smart” meters By CFACT -  CFACT grassroots coordinator Tom Deweese presented testimony on “smart” electric meters in Virginia.  Smart electric meters enable governments and utilities to throttle down or shut off your power.  Shutting off your power is one tactic utilities are developing to keep the grid running when intermittent wind and solar stop producing electricity.  My name is Tom DeWeese, president of the American Policy Center and National Grassroots Coordinator of CFACT – the Committer for a Constructive Tomorrow. My purpose today is to speak against Dominion Energy’s application concerning the use of Smart Meters. More specifically, I speak against the very use of Smart Meters on private homes.............

World leaders ignore growing “Green Energy” safety issues -  By Steve Goreham - The nations of the world pursue an unprecedented energy transition. Efforts are underway to force a shift from coal, oil, and natural gas to renewable energy sources by 2050. But, key elements of the proposed transition suffer from major safety issues. These are batteries for electric vehicles and electricity storage, and hydrogen fuels for industry. Most energy sources involve safety risks. Gasoline cars can explode or burn, especially after collisions. Natural gas pipelines and processing facilities have been known to explode or combust. Nuclear power plants have suffered famous disasters such as Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, and Fukushima when cooling systems have failed. But green energy is bringing a new dimension of safety problems to society............

Climate “journalism” perpetuates fraud -  By Peter Murphy -  The biggest purveyors of “misinformation” and “disinformation” in America today are those who profess to be journalists, especially when it comes to “reporting” on climate issues. It would be understandable to counter this by saying, rather, that it is politicians and their appointees who are the ones conveying falsehoods on climate. Indeed, so many politicians, by nature practice false witness by speaking half-truths, omitting known facts, or flat-out lying. The euphemism for such behavior is called “spin.” Nonetheless, the degree to which politicians can lie or “spin” so pervasively is enabled by a mostly pliant media or worse, a cheerleading media that parrots and advances falsehoods uncritically and readily accepts politicians’ claims of a “climate emergency” and all that goes with such................

Climate agenda blinding people to the forecast November 28th, 2023 By Joe Bastardi @ CFACT - My father used to say a weather event not only means something for now but very often, it is telegraphing the atmosphere making a change. I forecast for a major De-Icing company in Europe that has a CEO who is a weather fanatic.  So it makes it a bit easier since we speak the same language.  Quite frankly, it is how I work best.  I BLOCK FOR THE PEOPLE THAT NEED TO CARRY THE BALL.  It’s not about being right for me; it is about being right for the client and the company, and if I am right, people skeptical of my methods have to wonder why I am such a Neanderthal denier............ I challenge not to wear any clothing that was made with the aid of petroleum products or use anything to try to get herself through the coming cold in Europe:...............