For the past few years the media stories were emphasizing that Germany was shutting down coal fired power plants, shutting down nuclear plants and transitioning to wind and solar power. In fact the stories gave the impression that Germany had pretty much already shifted over to wind and solar. The reporters were giddy with joy at the switchover to ‘green’ power. What Germany actually did was transition to Russian natural gas.
One slight positve to the Ukraine war is that the constant blather about Germany switching to wind and solar power has almost totally ceased. I don’t recall a single story about the success of wind and solar in relation to Germany in the past few months.
“What Germany actually did was transition to Russian natural gas.”
And eventually to firewood from the Black Forest...while it lasts.