Quote of the Year
My nomination for quote of the year has to go to Germany’s Environment Minister Peter Altmaier, who said the following at the opening of a 2.2 GW coal plant:
“If one builds a new state-of-the-art lignite power plant to replace several older and much less efficient plants, then I feel this should also be acknowledged as a contribution to our climate protection efforts.”
This is perhaps the best summary imaginable of the absurd nature of Germany’s Energiewende.
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February 27, 2013 at 5:14 pm
As Schiller said: Mit der Dummheit kämpfen Götter selbst vergebens. (Against stupidity the gods themselves struggle in vain.)
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April 9, 2013 at 1:37 pm
[…] the total capacity of coal plants under construction in Germany today. Add this to what was opened last year and we have a total of 10.6 GW of new coal online in the years […]
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April 11, 2013 at 4:12 pm
[…] the total capacity of coal plantsunder construction in Germany today. Add this to what was opened last year and we have a total of 10.6 GW of new coal online in the years […]
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April 30, 2013 at 12:38 pm
[…] construction in Germany today to provide necessary baseload capacity. Add this to what was opened last year and we have a total of 10.6 GW of new coal online in the years 2012-2015. (Source: Robert […]
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June 5, 2013 at 4:47 pm
[…] One of my favourite quotes is this one from Germany’s Environment Minister Peter Altmaier: […]
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July 17, 2013 at 5:41 pm
[…] that is a lignite power plant almost four times bigger than the one in Kosovo. When it was opened Germany’s environment minister said this: “If one builds a new state-of-the-art lignite power plant to replace several older and much […]
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