Germany should be a cautionary tale for US electric utilities. Meaningless CO2 cuts. Skyrocketing electricity prices from wind/solar. In a word, disaster.
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This is what Germany’s climatically meaningless Co2 emissions cuts since 1990 looks like.
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Below, is what this has done to German electricity prices — which are among the highest in the world.
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Sources: 1. Euractiv.com Web | PDF; 2. NoTricksZone.com Web | PDF