Rather like our own government, Merkel\’s administration is prepared to support only those measures which don\’t hurt big business. It pours billions of euros into useless schemes which generate corporate revenue (such as the half million solar roofs it has paid for so far, which contribute a grand total of 0.4% of Germany\’s electricity supply) and opposes effective schemes which would clobber carbon emissions but hurt corporate profits.
But, but….haven\’t we been told that the feed in tariff for solar PV is a vital part of the fight, that we should introduce it ourselves, that this is a great success story?