#germany

kuchinster@hub.hubzilla.de

What if Germany had invested in nuclear power? A comparison between the German energy policy the last 20 years and an alternative policy of investing in nuclear power

Germany has one of the most ambitious energy transition policies dubbed ‘Die Energiewende’ to replace nuclear- and fossil power with renewables such as wind-, solar- and biopower. The climate gas emissions are reduced by 25% in the study period of 2002 through 2022. By triangulating available information sources, the total nominal expenditures are estimated at EUR 387 bn, and the associated subsidies are some EUR 310 bn giving a total nominal expenditures of EUR 696 bn. Alternatively, Germany could have kept the existing nuclear power in 2002 and possibly invest in new nuclear capacity. The analysis of these two alternatives shows that Germany could have reached its climate gas emission target by achieving a 73% cut in emissions on top of the achievements in 2022 and simultaneously cut the spending in half compared to Energiewende. Thus, Germany should have adopted an energy policy based on keeping and expanding nuclear power.

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14786451.2024.2355642

#germany #energy #nuclearenergy #management #renewableenergy #fail #poverty #europe #eu

solarkater@despora.de

#us

from #consortium-news
https://consortiumnews.com/2024/09/16/the-chris-hedges-report-betrayal-of-the-liberal-class/
nice conversation between #Jimmy-Dore and #Chris-Hedges about The betrayal of the liberal class
#Kamala-Harris the #DNC #Democrats (not „the lesser evil but the more efficient evil“)
For the first 30 minutes or so I see the same resignation and political cul-de-sac as in #Germany
and hence in Germany as a vasall of the #US it has to follow the same rules... they cannot look for a way out
link w/o yt:
https://invid.ambag.es/watch?v=s2JUR9WVIq4

faab64@diasp.org

When Germany targets Jewish artists as antisemitic (DW, 2024-09-12)

“Ever since the German parliament passed its 2019 resolution condemning the BDS movement as antisemitic, different cultural institutions in the country have been uninviting planned guests or cancelling awards, preemptively attempting to avoid controversy and accusations of antisemitism.

“The phenomenon became even more pronounced after the start of the Israel-Hamas war…”

“At the end of August, an open letter signed by prominent Jewish artists and intellectuals was published …, it has collected more than 150 signatories. In it, they express their deep concerns about the draft resolution, which ’claims to protect Jewish life in Germany. It promises instead to endanger it.’

https://www.dw.com/en/when-germany-targets-jewish-artists-as-antisemitic/a-70180570

#Antisemitism #Germany #Gaxa #Genocide #Palestine #Inhumanity #Politics #Europe

christophs@diaspora.glasswings.com

Is German military history verboten? - by Katja Hoyer

Like many Germans, I also feel uncomfortable discussing German military history. I learnt about the horrendous crimes the Nazis committed and the complicity of the German people in those crimes, from a very young age. In that light, I find it deeply jarring to contemplate whether or not the outcome of the Second World War would have changed had Hitler not meddled in military strategy, which seems a question that keeps a great number of Brits awake at night.

Aviation historian Andy Saunders argues this needn’t be so. He was the founding editor of Iron Cross, the UK’s only magazine focusing entirely on German military history. It has run successfully since 2019, but when he first mooted the idea with publishers it was not without controversy.

#Germany #history #military #WWII

https://www.katjahoyer.uk/p/is-german-military-history-verboten

mlansbury@despora.de

Germany rejects Trump's energy claim, mocks him over pets

Berlin has #fact-checked Donald Trump's claim that Germany reneged on its green energy plans [Germany did not].

The Foreign Ministry spelled out Germany's renewable energy use and that the country's diet does not include cats or dogs.

https://www.dw.com/en/germany-rejects-trumps-energy-claim-mocks-him-over-pets/a-70190020

#Germany #TrumpLies #Trump #GreenEnergy #FarRight #Lies #Election2024 #debate #America

kuchinster@rusx.org

The Soviet Union has been gone for 33 years. What is the U.S. military still doing in Germany?

#european #censorship #totalitarism #capitalism #imperialism #banksters #american #deepstate #occupation #german #vassalage

Image/phototechriot (inlägg med hubzilla) wrote the following post Tue, 10 Sep 2024 02:26:18 +0300

Democracy In Occupied Germany.

Democracy In Occupied Germany.

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Sascha Schlösser, AfD representative in the Thuringian parliament.

Democracy is not a valid system. You can vote, but if you vote the wrong way, something will happen and you’ll end up with the same people you had before. We need to end democracy. It’s a totally failed system. Unless you’re Jewish or like, an arms contractor, this is a system that has failed you.

Germany: Days After Winning Election, AFD Politician Gets His Bank Account Shut Down.

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We’ve said it from the beginning: there is no actual way for AfD to take over the government. Germany is militarily occupied by the United States, and they’re not going to let some party they don’t like take over the government.

#Germany #EU #US #CollectiveWest #OurDemocracy #ClownWorld

kuchinster@rusx.org

Why Putin is in no hurry to end the conflict in Ukraine

This is a complex issue. However, objectively, the conflict has reached a very protracted stage.

Reason one is the most important. A quick end would have required substantial mobilization of both soldiers and industry. This would have caused economic and social upheaval. The screws might have to be tightened.

All of which the Kremlin does not want. The strategy of slowly killing the Ukroreich allows social and economic stability to be maintained. Economic growth of about 4 percent is expected this year.

Yes, there are costs in the form of shelling, refugee losses in the army. But these problems are localized, not comprehensive.

Therefore, the choice is made in favor of though painful costs, but of a private nature, while the general picture of a peacefully living and developing Russia is preserved.

Our geopolitical enemy, Europe in general and Germany in particular, is experiencing significant economic turmoil.

The further the conflict lasts, the longer the sanctions from Germany will be in force.

This means that the EU will not get cheap gas, oil and will not be able to sell us the products of its automobile and aircraft industry.

This is very profitable for us. During this time it is possible and necessary to develop our industry as oil and gas chemical and machine building, including transportation.

Therefore, the longer the EU sanctions last, the better for us in every sense.

Again, there is a good chance of destroying part of the chemical and engineering industries there. That will clear a place for us on the world markets. Unemployed Germans, French and other Italians can be hired to populate the empty villages of Central Russia, as well as the expanses of Siberia and the Far East.

As soon as sanctions are lifted. Gazprom will immediately start pumping gas to the West, and Volkswagen will come back with its cars. This will slow down the development of the crisis in the EU, which is obviously disadvantageous to us.

That's why #Putin is in no hurry. He is acting slowly but surely.

https://aftershock.news/?q=node/1419631

#europe #eu #germany #economy #Western #fail #european #poverty #ukraine #ukrainian #war #ukraineconflict #Russia #SMO

theaitetos@diaspora.psyco.fr

The End of Schengen

#Germany has finally bowed to the inevitable and will be bringing the era of free movement across #Europe to an end:

Germany will bring in controls on all its land #borders to deal with the ‘continuing burden’ of #migration and ‘Islamist #terrorism’, the country’s interior minister has told the #EU.

Nancy Faeser of the struggling Social Democrat party (SPD) has finally accepted that Germany has no choice but to enforce proper border controls if it has any hope of coping with the staggering amount of unauthorised entries.

According to German newspaper Bild, the new rules will see ‘harsh rejections of #migrants at the borders’.

Faeser has reportedly already informed the #EU #Commission of the decision, which is fuelled by deep-rooted panic over Germany’s current migrant situation and internal #security #threats.

I lived in #Europe pre-Schengen, and I won’t lie, it was really nice to be able to blitz right through the borders that used to take up to 45 minutes to get through. But what was convenient for day-trippers and tourists has been an absolute #nightmare due to the #criminals and #migrants who were also provided with easy and invisible movement throughout the #EuropeanUnion states and the non-EU #Schengen signees.

This has been coming for two or three years now; we’ve seen some of the big border infrastructure being built at the #borders of #France and #Spain, even though it isn’t being used yet. The police mostly use the toll booths as an ersatz border, but that only works for the highways.

#Brexit marked the beginning of the end for the EU, but the effective demise of Schengen marks another important step.

02mydiaspo02@diasp.eu

European abandons all rationality in the Ukraine Proxy War, and risks destroying itself - Michael von der Schulenburg, Alexander Mercouris & Glenn Diesen

Incredibly emotional discussion by von der Schulenburg (Member of the European #Parliament in #Strasbourg) about the Ukraine war, disastrous European #diplomacy and #Germany's lack of responsibility to prepare the way for peace negotiations for #Ukraine - #Europe and the #EU as war-mongering transatlantics. Important information on the #BSW (Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht / Alliance) as part of a populist new parties in contrast to the AfD (Alternative für Deutschland / #Germany)

https://youtu.be/anNBYH-zNLM

theaitetos@diaspora.psyco.fr

The Lead Villain of WWII

It wasn’t #Stalin. It wasn’t #Roosevelt. It wasn’t even #Hitler. It was Winston Churchill, whose actions during and after #WWI not only helped lay the foundations for #WWII, but who unnecessarily caused millions to lose their lives by his determination to force #Germany into a #war of #attrition.

My intention here is not to defend the actions of the #ThirdReich or any of its leaders, but only to support a narrow claim: that of all the belligerent leaders, #Churchill was the one most intent on prolonging and escalating the conflict into a world war of annihilation. #Germany and #Italy did not want it – in fact, before the conquest of Western Europe, German leaders including Hitler were skeptical that they’d be able to take on #Britain in a fight. We can be skeptical of Hitler’s motives for offering peace again and again, and for holding back against British civilians despite months and months provocations, but the fact is that Germany was offering peace, and by all accounts sincerely wanted it. After the annexation of #Poland, Hitler told other party members, “The Reich is now complete.” Would Germany have eventually attack the #SovietUnion? Perhaps. But they would not have done so in June 1941 if #England had agreed to end a war which had no hope of victory short of expanding it into a much larger conflict, by bringing in the #USA, #USSR, or both.

Like the Turkish massacre of Armenians, the atrocities that took place in the east – for which the German perpetrators are responsible, make no mistake – could not have happened except in the chaos of a world war in which millions were already being killed. Because its so central to our founding ideology, we speak of World War 2 as if it was the best possible outcome, or certainly the least bad outcome, but any objective look shows that it was the worst possible outcome, and that it could have been avoided if not for the warmongers – chief among them #WinstonChurchill.

I’ve read Churchill’s own history of WWII. And his own justifications for his actions don’t add up even in his own words. The most damning evidence is his waging of a unilateral, one-way air war against German civilians immediately after the German military forces spared the trapped British soldiery at #Dunkirk.

There were no good men in command of the #Axis or the #Allies. But then, as now, #ClownWorld was the greater evil, as the state of our present world suffices to prove.