Views on energy, immigration, government (D.K.) Germany

A German citizen’s views on wind, solar, fossil fuel and nuclear energy, and immigrant issues.

By D.K. who lives near Bochum, Germany May 1, 2019 The things All About Energy said in the "Newsletter 2019 2" concerning thousands of wind turbines in Germany disfiguring beautiful landscapes and killing birds are of course right. I'm really shocked, that German politicians want to bank on renewable energy starting in the year 2030. This will catapult Germany back to the Stone Age. Wind and solar energy won't suffice to accommodate Germany with the energy we need.

We will have to buy electricity generated by nuclear power (!) from France or Belgium, because the coal-fired power plants are all closed and will be pulled down. I really can't understand that our politicians are influenced by means of misinformation.

On the other hand, Germany is overrun from people, who only want to share social services they never have paid for (Hartz IV). Hartz IV was developed for the working inhabitants, who have worked for years and payed taxes that are used for the unemployment insurance. Now people are coming to Germany, who claim they are seeking asylum, even though they only want to share the social achievements and don't want to work (if drug traffic is not seen as a job).

Now the pot of the national (or social) insurance is going to drain and our politicians have another "great" idea, to fill it: a carbon dioxide tax. Alleged to save the climate worldwide (less is not accepted...). But most Germans have realized that this tax will only be raised, because there's not enough money to support the "guests" (that are mostly no refugees but economic migrants).

Because there aren't enough homes for more than 200.000 people, who are entering the country every year, politicians are talking about disappropriation of properties.

Educated people are leaving Germany (among other things, because we have the second highest taxes in Europe, maybe worldwide) and unskilled people are overwhelming the country.

In my eyes, Germany is taking large steps back to the Middle Ages or the Stone Age. Nature flourishes in Germany with sound management and respect for the environment. The photo below shows the author’s family garden that was started when she was young. All trees, flowering bushes and spring ground flowers were planted in the late 1970s – early 1980s. Birds thrive here looking for fish in the pond. Forests and gardens in other places around the world don’t thrive like this. Germans love nature and care for the environment. To be able to do this with a dense human population, sound 1

government, strong economy and plentiful, reliable energy from fossil fuels and nuclear are needed, not unsound government politics and variable, unreliable wind and solar.

A German family garden and trees planted in the late 1970s – early 1980s. Similar success with trees was had in the Tiergarten and boulevards in Berlin.

Hannover New Town Hall opened in 1913 with Lake Maschsee excavated in the 1930s for urban beauty and recreation.

All of Germany has flourished since the 1950s. Reconstruction reached levels of excellence like never in its history.

Several things are tearing the country apart now: a) Extreme environmental and other political policies, b) Irrational energy policies supporting wind and solar energy instead of fossil fuel and nuclear

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c) Significant distribution of national assets to people who have not contributed to the prosperity of the country and are not citizens of Germany. d) Excessive contributions to members of the European Union who don’t carry their share of responsibilities.

Germany faces many challenges that it must correct quickly for its continued economic and political success and the overall success of Europe. It needs to return to sound energy planning, scientific appreciation of fossil fuels and carbon dioxide, and realistic government policies for domestic and international affairs.

German Edelweiss – queen of flowers 3