Riker:
Thank you for the link. It doesn't say my observations were off, but that German industry and government are still working to sort out how to provide electricity, particularly after the shutdown of 7 nuclear plants.
I note in the article that the industrial spokespeople are clear that they DO NOT WANT to restart the nuclear plants, and are most concerned with what they see as interdepartmental squabbling about alternative energy policy and policy on delivering energy from new sources to industries.
One of the delights of our Mercedes autos is that they are at once so conservatively designed and built AND so often innovative. For example, the 126 was so much larger than the 123, but was designed to be so much more aerodynamic and fuel efficient. That outlook seems to be mirrored by the fact that the German government trying to plan for a less polluting, more efficient energy future is the German CONSERVATIVE party's government.
Clearly, in Germany "conservative" means more about conserving values and resources for the entire society, with a long term, future oriented view. Contrast that with the American meaning of "conservative" which seems to mean maximizing private interest and greed with an extremely short term view.
Perhaps that difference is why so many of us get so much pleasure out of driving 30, 40, and older years German cars, for which we can still get factory parts, while our neighbors with U.S. brand cars can't get parts after 10 years.
Tom
In a message dated 6/10/2012 11:48:21 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, riker124@earthlink.net writes:
Your German renewable energy observations were off.
Brad:
What do you mean when you say that you don't want to start a political firestorm, and then follow that with the statement below?
There are PUBLIC RECORDS available that political activists pore over. NONE of them has been able to document any number of teachers drawing $100K+ / year pensions.
If your political beliefs depend on intentionally false statements, how long before you are following candidates who tell you to believe that the world is flat?
Here, we finance public obligations thru property taxation; a nice house like those found in mid level neighborhoods in CA would be from $5 to 15K/yr in property tax. I guess it is to be expected when retiring teachers and other civil servants receive $100K+/yr pensions.
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