On Jun 10, 2012, at 9:02 PM, audiolaw@aol.com wrote:
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.TomIn a message dated 6/10/2012 11:48:21 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, riker124@earthlink.net writes:
You read that Germany got up to 50% of it's energy from renewables. That's was wrong. Oh, I sure you must have read that somewhere. Then,Germany has a better climate to produce renewables than California. I would have though the long coastline (wind) and the desert areas (solar) would be an advantage. But, the U.S. does produce more energy from renewable than Germany.
We also learn, from the article, energy prices have increased dramatically. This has caused industry to lose jobs. Jobs that will not be replaced. There's a significant increase in the number of families that cannot pat their energy bills. Energy prices were rising before the nuke shutdowns. So, now things have gotten worse. One would think new solar operation would be the order of the day. No, solar facilities are going out of business. In fact, government wants to cut subsidies to solar. Yes, solar is being subsidized and still can't be made economical. The government's answer is to fix prices. You're in between a rock and a hard place. Germany know what's best but the German government is the problem. You are anti-nuke. But, those nukes kept the prices down and the emissions lower.
Yes Benz is innovative. But, it is a corporation. They have outsourced production to quite a number of countries. One of the reasons is the high cost of energy. They want to make a profit. To keep that union payroll going, they have to make a profit. I would not call that greed. I haven't bought a new Benz in a few years. But, I have read in enthusiast magazines and even Consume Reports their production values have slipped. Don't get upset, they're probably the same people who wrote about that 50%.
Oh yeah, try Rock Auto. They have parts for cars over 50 years old. I've rebuilt entire suspensions for two of my '60's vehicles. Good prices and brand names too.
Upon further review, your observations are off.
http://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/47243 These are surly right wing loons, don't trust them. They might be telling the truth.
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