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by pgeorgi
1288 days ago
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The clean energy revolution was promoted by the Green party in 1998-2005 (including turning off the first nuclear power plants). It was the string of conservative governments that followed it that neglected (and, at times, actively sabotaged) the build out of renewable power sources. |
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German politics are also very collaborative/compromise driven, so it's a mistake to think the outcome would have been drastically different, had we had a SPD/Green coalition rather than a CDU/SPD coalition the last 16 years.
This is especially the case, given that parts of the SPD were and continue to be on Russian payroll.
Ultimately, renewables are very challenging from a technical perspective for a densely populated country with energy intensive industries and limited offshore wind options.