"renewable" costs jobs..

[JJ_BPK]

Frau Merkel is getting an education on the costs of being GREEN..

http://www.spiegel.de/international/...816669,00.html
02/24/2012

Merkel's Switch to Renewables
Rising Energy Prices Endanger German Industry

By Frank Dohmen and Alexander Neubacher

The red signs are still hanging in front of the gate to the steel mill on Oberschlesienstrasse. "Hands off!" they read, or "The Krefeld steel mill must stay!"

But now it's all over. Despite the signs, protests and pickets, ThyssenKrupp, Germany's largest steelmaker, sold its Krefeld stainless steel mill to Finnish competitor Outukumpu two weeks ago. The new owner plans to shut down production by the end of next year, leaving more than 400 workers without a job. The economic loss to this stricken city on the lower Rhine will be significant.

The closing of the Krefeld mill cannot be blamed on low-wage competition from the Far East or mismanagement at ThyssenKrupp's Essen headquarters, but rather on the misguided policies of the German government. That, at least, is the view held by those affected by the closing. Since Chancellor Angela Merkel's government abruptly decided to phase out nuclear energy last spring in the wake of the nuclear disaster in Fukushima, Japan, the situation for industries that consume a lot of electricity has become much more tenuous.

Energy prices are rising and the risk of power outages is growing. But the urgently needed expansion of the grid, as well as the development of replacement power plants and renewable energy sources is progressing very slowly. A growing number of economic experts, business executives and union leaders are putting the blame squarely on the shoulders of Merkel's coalition, which pairs her conservatives with the business-friendly Free Democrats (FDP). The government, they say, has expedited de-industrialization.

The energy supply is now "the top risk for Germany as a location for business," says Hans Heinrich Driftmann, president of the Association of German Chambers of Industry and Commerce (DIHK). "One has to be concerned in Germany about the cost of electricity," warns European Energy Commissioner Günther Oettinger. And Bernd Kalwa, a member of the general works council at ThyssenKrupp, says heatedly: "Some 5,000 jobs are in jeopardy within our company alone, because an irresponsible energy policy is being pursued in Düsseldorf and Berlin."

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Meanwhile in the USA,, POTUS doesn't want us the use the oil we have..

I am taking even money,, oil will hit 150 @ barrel by July...

Anyone want to cover??

[Ret10Echo]

Originally Posted by JJ_BPK

Frau Merkel is getting an education on the costs of being GREEN..



Meanwhile in the USA,, POTUS doesn't want us the use the oil we have..

I am taking even money,, oil will hit 150 @ barrel by July...

Anyone want to cover??

Sorry, I'll need the money to get to work...provided I still have a job

[Badger52]

Originally Posted by JJ_BPK

Meanwhile in the USA,, POTUS doesn't want us the use the oil we have..

I am taking even money,, oil will hit 150 @ barrel by July...

He needs the chaos.

[Dad]

Some facts normally not talked about

http://www.chron.com/default/article...ns-3341919.php

http://www.chron.com/default/article...ts-2523433.php

[QOB]

I read yesterday that the Germans were abandoning Solar Power subsidies, costs were cited as the reasons....not sure where that would go, they already said they weren't going to build anymore nuclear power plants....that leaves one to wondering "what are they going to do, go back to burning horse hockey?"...