Germany’s climate protection plan
Overdue.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s cabinet has
agreed on a comprehensive package to slash Germany’s
greenhouse gas emissions by 40 percent before
2020.
The multi-billion-euro plan calls for more energy efficiency, a greater use of renewable energy and new insulation standards for buildings. The program is designed to limit additional financial burdens on consumers, who are ultimately supposed to benefit from a reduction in energy use.
Another goal of the plan is to rely on renewable energy sources or highly efficient heat and power plants to generate half of the country’s total power needs by 2020. The generation of heat from renewable sources is also to increase from 6 percent to 14 percent…
Germany is the world’s sixth largest emitter of greenhouse gases and Europe’s biggest polluter. The country accounts for 3.19 percent of the world’s total output of carbon dioxide emissions, according to the DPA news agency…
The total cost of the new measures is estimated to be around 31 billion euros ($45.5 billion), while energy savings are supposed to amount to around 36 billion euros by 2020.
Germany’s coalition government is essentially a conservative and centrist amalgam. Yet, traditional standards of responsibility - not only to fiscal questions; but, those of conservation and future needs - haven’t been cast aside as they have in the United States.
Once more, people like Teddy Roosevelt aren’t welcome in the Republican Party.
The multi-billion-euro plan calls for more energy efficiency, a greater use of renewable energy and new insulation standards for buildings. The program is designed to limit additional financial burdens on consumers, who are ultimately supposed to benefit from a reduction in energy use.
Another goal of the plan is to rely on renewable energy sources or highly efficient heat and power plants to generate half of the country’s total power needs by 2020. The generation of heat from renewable sources is also to increase from 6 percent to 14 percent…
Germany is the world’s sixth largest emitter of greenhouse gases and Europe’s biggest polluter. The country accounts for 3.19 percent of the world’s total output of carbon dioxide emissions, according to the DPA news agency…
The total cost of the new measures is estimated to be around 31 billion euros ($45.5 billion), while energy savings are supposed to amount to around 36 billion euros by 2020.
Germany’s coalition government is essentially a conservative and centrist amalgam. Yet, traditional standards of responsibility - not only to fiscal questions; but, those of conservation and future needs - haven’t been cast aside as they have in the United States.
Once more, people like Teddy Roosevelt aren’t welcome in the Republican Party.
Posted: Thu - December 6, 2007 at 08:08 AM