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So Germany removes 1.1 billion in subsidies, and out of the woodwork containing all the libertarian anti-government spending hawks comes the pro-coal job loss l
by WhompingWindows 8y ago
So Germany removes 1.1 billion in subsidies, and out of the woodwork containing all the libertarian anti-government spending hawks comes the pro-coal job loss lamentation.
Can the political right please choose: either dump govt handouts across the board for energy or dump the exclusive love of fossil fuel jobs? Meanwhile, renewable energy makes 5-10X more employment opportunities and we hear no complaints about these jobs being affected by government cutbacks by anyone on the right.
- oilfun 8y agodont tell us what to do , the hipocracy cry is meaningless from the left. You want power nothing more.
- ComputerGuru 8y agoCan you decide if you want subsidies or not first? From the article: "Wind, solar and other renewable sources, which account for 55 percent of German electricity capacity, are even more subsidized than coal mining, adding about 25 billion euros to power bills last year."
- Quanttek 8y agoCrazy thought here: You can like subsidies for certain industries (e.g. renewable energy subsidies that are supposed to aid a restructuring of the power supply market towards reducing emissions, are time-limited, and decentralized) while disliking subsidies for other industries (e.g. coal mining: a legacy, toxic industry with few people still employed in it)