I hope it isn't a scenario where everyone is losing so much money that the system economically collapses and the BIG pockets come along, scooping up the entire infrastructure for pennies on the dollar.

It all depends on how they manage it. The result could be good or bad. It is a matter of organization, cooperation and good use of resources -- precisely the best qualities of the Germans.

Thanks for the thread, emsimon.

I thought the idea was to increase wind and solar output in exchange for fossil fuel eventually putting the coal industry out of business. I had no idea they were supposed to increase electrical usage proportional to the amount of added non fossil fuel sources. I thought the idea was a better world.

Why the hell are they making new coal-fired plants?

BTW, balance sheets don't bleed, people bleed. Are they supposed to apply first aid to their books or keep people and the planet from suffocating?

stop dragging us behind. .