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Old 10-15-2012, 09:41   #1
Badger52
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Germany facing blackouts... again

Not from too much Jäger or Sliwowica, either.
Another green stimulus anyone?

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Despite significant investment in wind and solar power Germany still faces an energy shortfall, and is also hamstrung by a lack of north-south power lines shifting electricity generated in North Sea wind farms to the industrial centres in the south.
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The shift to renewable energy is also taking a toll on family budgets. On Monday Germany's electrical grid operators announced that a special tax levied on consumers to finance subsidies for green energy would increase by almost 50 per cent.
Full Telegraph article at the LINK

How's that Euro-model lookin'?
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