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German Elections Seal Fate of Renewable Energy
German Elections Seal Fate of Renewable EnergyBy Charles Kennedy
Wed, 25 September 2013 03:45
Despite rising electricity surcharges due to renewable energy subsidies, Germans on 22 September voted out the only political party that stood in the way of renewable energy efforts and would have pressed to scrap the country’s feed-in tariff law.
In a clear victory for renewable energy efforts, Germany’s center-right Free Democratic Party (FDP) has failed to meet the 5% minimum threshold in the federal elections and has been eliminated from any coalition-building process.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Party (CDU) won the most votes—though falling short of a majority—and will now form a coalition with one of the other three main parties, the Greens, the Social Democrats (SPD) and The Left.
The FDP, which is for all intents and purposes Germany’s libertarian party--would have put an end to “Energiewende”—a citizens’ movement that is challenging the oligopoly in the energy sector and pushing for a transition to renewables.
The FDP, which has been in a governing coalition with Merkel’s CDU until now, was seeking to scrap energy ...
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...but wouldn't the negative association be for non-renewable sources? Their "fate is sealed" in the negative sense would, in these circumstances, apply to the sources of centralized generation.
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Harper's Style Index Comparing US-German Social Policies
-Rank Germany would have by monthly power bill if it were a US state: 16
-Amount of welfare for a four-person household in Germany annually: $32,500
-Poverty line for a four-person family in the United States in 2011: $23,000
-In-state tuition at Louisiana State University: $3,940
-Tuition at Tulane University: $46,930
-Tuition at practically all German universities: generally $0-1,000
-The German word for "student debt": does not exist
-Average health expenditures per capita in US in 2010: $8,223
-Average health expenditures per capita in Germany in 2010: $4,338
-Number of people incarcerated in US per 100,000: 716
-Number of people incarcerated in Germany: 80
-Unemployment rate in the US: 7.6%
-Unemployment rate in Germany: 5.3%
-Maximum time that Americans can receive welfare during their lives: five years
-Maximum time that Germans can receive welfare: unlimited
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-Rank Germany would have by monthly power bill if it were a US state: 16
-Amount of welfare for a four-person household in Germany annually: $32,500
-Poverty line for a four-person family in the United States in 2011: $23,000
-In-state tuition at Louisiana State University: $3,940
-Tuition at Tulane University: $46,930
-Tuition at practically all German universities: generally $0-1,000
-The German word for "student debt": does not exist
-Average health expenditures per capita in US in 2010: $8,223
-Average health expenditures per capita in Germany in 2010: $4,338
-Number of people incarcerated in US per 100,000: 716
-Number of people incarcerated in Germany: 80
-Unemployment rate in the US: 7.6%
-Unemployment rate in Germany: 5.3%
-Maximum time that Americans can receive welfare during their lives: five years
-Maximum time that Germans can receive welfare: unlimited
JPEG in case you wish to share:
http://www.renewablesinternational.net/a-harpers-style-index-for-germany-and-the-us/150/537/73120/
