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In related news, Germany's government, just like the U.S. government, seems to be pro-coal - so its image can't be that much better? https://www.theguardian.c

by mtgx 9y ago

In related news, Germany's government, just like the U.S. government, seems to be pro-coal - so its image can't be that much better? https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/nov/16/political-watershed-as-19-countries-pledge-to-phase-out-coal https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/nov/16/politica...

fdw 9y ago
I'm sorry, but do you think that a government's image depends only on its views on coal? How about respect for other countries and cultures, their values or their stability? There are many factors, and coal is only one of them.
shadowtree 9y ago
Ah, the Guardian article is missing a pretty important bit of information. Germany is getting out of nuclear, under pressure by its populations that is heavily environmental. The irony being that to meet the electricity demand, they need all other sources - one of them being coal. Germany CAN’T get out of certain energy sources quickly as the Greens have killed nuclear. Damned if you, damned if you don’t.
- jacobush 9y ago
  They are betting the barn on increasing renewable though.
r3bl 9y ago
Is then China the one with the best international image?
Retric 9y ago
Germany is at 31+% renewable right now. They get a lower percentage of energy from Fossil fuels than the US but don't have massive natural gas deposits thus high coal usage.
NotUsingLinux 9y ago
Like any other country Germany is deeply fragmented into its evolving directions. I'm from Germany and I'd love to get out of coal sooner. But for historical-political reasons seems we won't... We also have many bureaucracy and corruption issues. But then which developed nation has not? In my opinion the age of nation states is slowly coming to an end( see Catalonia and related) So it will be exiting to see what decentralization brings to us. I hope web3 will help with this and along remove some of the negatives of big cooperations influence on society.
- WillReplyfFood 9y ago
  Yes, death to the nation state- long live Amazonia, Zuckerbergian and the Alphabet! Such a improvement, such adoration for whoever is in power, surely things must change for the better.

by mtgx 9y ago

fdw 9y ago

I'm sorry, but do you think that a government's image depends only on its views on coal? How about respect for other countries and cultures, their values or their stability? There are many factors, and coal is only one of them.

shadowtree 9y ago

Ah, the Guardian article is missing a pretty important bit of information. Germany is getting out of nuclear, under pressure by its populations that is heavily environmental. The irony being that to meet the electricity demand, they need all other sources - one of them being coal. Germany CAN’T get out of certain energy sources quickly as the Greens have killed nuclear. Damned if you, damned if you don’t.

jacobush 9y ago
They are betting the barn on increasing renewable though.

r3bl 9y ago

Is then China the one with the best international image?

Retric 9y ago

Germany is at 31+% renewable right now. They get a lower percentage of energy from Fossil fuels than the US but don't have massive natural gas deposits thus high coal usage.

NotUsingLinux 9y ago

Like any other country Germany is deeply fragmented into its evolving directions. I'm from Germany and I'd love to get out of coal sooner. But for historical-political reasons seems we won't... We also have many bureaucracy and corruption issues. But then which developed nation has not? In my opinion the age of nation states is slowly coming to an end( see Catalonia and related) So it will be exiting to see what decentralization brings to us. I hope web3 will help with this and along remove some of the negatives of big cooperations influence on society.

WillReplyfFood 9y ago
Yes, death to the nation state- long live Amazonia, Zuckerbergian and the Alphabet! Such a improvement, such adoration for whoever is in power, surely things must change for the better.