Is the US Department of Energy Anti-German?

[hunter]

1. Germany's "Fossil Fuels Forever!" plan seems to be working quite well.

First you distract the "greens" with solar and wind baubles and then you promise fusion power plants by 2040, no matter how preposterous that seems.

Now all you have to do is wait for this nasty business in Ukraine to blow over so you can start importing cheap natural gas from Russia again and profit!

It seems unlikely Germany will abandon their coal industry anytime soon. Coal kept the German economy afloat when Russian gas supplies were restricted. That will not be forgotten.

It's easier to abandon coal in the U.S.A. largely because of our abundant natural gas supplies. People are generally accepting of hybrid gas / wind / solar energy systems. Alas, these will not "save the world."

Here in the U.S.A. nuclear power threatens both the coal industry and the large-scale wind and solar industry. Wind and solar power are not a threat to the natural gas industry because they are entirely dependent upon fossil fuels, especially gas, for their economic viability.