Germany's conservative-led government has launched a drive to rapidly build more gas-fired power plants, fuelling fears about climate policy backsliding and sparking unease even within its own ranks.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/46214865

Plans to build more gas plants are not new, and the previous government also wanted to expand capacity, but the new targets are around double those of the past.

  • ℍ𝕂-𝟞𝟝@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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    5 days ago

    I wouldn’t say that they are following the lead of the US, it’s more that the chaos caused by the US forces a lot of Western countries to give up on long-term plans to invest in the future and go back to solutions that are safe in the present.

    Environment policy is a long term investment, and we are facing short term problems. I am not saying this is right or even acceptable, but that’s what we’re facing now that the “rest of the world” is caught between US and Chinese imperialism.

    • Anonymaus@feddit.orgEnglish
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      4 days ago

      I understand what you mean, but I dont think getting europe hocked only on oil and gas again is good idea, given what happened with russia and although we cant count only on renewable energy, because it cant work all-year round, we also shouldn’t abandon it completely

      • ℍ𝕂-𝟞𝟝@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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        4 days ago

        We totally agree, I’m just saying that I dare to hope that the point of all this is to detach from the US rather than ally further with it.

        • Anonymaus@feddit.orgEnglish
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          4 days ago

          Yes, that is my hope as well—I hope we become truly independent militarily, digitally, and in terms of resources, so that we may finally become more than just a playground for other countries.