Germany uses 25% renewables on road map to 35%.

I believe the Germans see the writing on the wall. The US and China will be gobbling up the oil. A small country can't obtain the discount in bulk that either of those nations have. This means they have to stake out a position that's more stable for their own Country. Renewables is that answer. When one doesn't have to pay for energy to drill oil or dig coal the economy is better stablized. Why? Those items are variable costs and therefore less predictable.
 
A small country can't obtain the discount in bulk that either of those nations have
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that's why I as an individual feel I have to find a way to get renewables.
 
faethor said:
I believe the Germans see the writing on the wall. The US and China will be gobbling up the oil. A small country can't obtain the discount in bulk that either of those nations have.
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I do not think that Germans see it that way. Afterall, Germany is part of the European Union which has a much higher population than the United States. While the per-capita consumption is quite a bit higher in the USA, the total consumption of crude oil is roughly the same in the European Union as it is in the United States.

Europe: http://www.indexmundi.com/energy.aspx?region=eu&product=oil&graph=consumption
USA: http://www.indexmundi.com/energy.aspx?country=us&product=oil&graph=consumption

When one doesn't have to pay for energy to drill oil or dig coal the economy is better stablized. Why? Those items are variable costs and therefore less predictable.
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I do not think that this is it. It is not so much about getting rid of coal or oil as energy sources per se as it is about the diversification of energy sources as a means to increase your strategic and economic options.

There are small countries in the European Union that are deeply dependent on natural gas and have pretty much to pay whatever Russia charges for it. That is not a good position to be in.
 
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............Germany is switching to renewables quickly, without raising its carbon emissions, with probably the most reliable grid in the world, on a market with freedoms Americans don’t even know they lack, with a job market that continues to strengthen (even during the ongoing economic crisis), and in combination with a nuclear phaseout. None of this makes sense to Americans, who respond not by accepting the facts and changing their minds but by getting the picture wrong.
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:D
 
JoBBo said:
There are small countries in the European Union that are deeply dependent on natural gas and have pretty much to pay whatever Russia charges for it. That is not a good position to be in.
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I would agree with that. Russia has used it's natural resources as leverage, to put it nicely, so Germany is wise to move away from non-renewable resources as much as possible.
 
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