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Why Europe is Souring on Net Zero
Wake Up, Bundeskanzler Merz—Germany’s Climate Policy Is on Life Support!
Where is climate policy decided?
In the atmosphere.
And guess what?
The atmosphere doesn’t care about political games, empty promises, or ideological stubbornness. But here on Earth, Germany’s climate agenda has been kicked to the curb.
The headlines are all about Trump, defense budgets, and migration.
Climate? An afterthought—unless you count Robert Habeck’s frantic last-minute pleas, which earned him neither votes nor victory.
Now Habeck is gone, and with him, any serious climate leadership.
The CDU/CSU and SPD both talk a big game, pledging loyalty to the Paris Agreement and carbon neutrality by 2045. But look past the rhetoric, and you’ll see a dangerous reality:
- The CDU/CSU hides behind economic “stability” while gutting climate protections.
- The SPD screams about social justice but offers no real climate solutions.
- Both parties are sleepwalking into a disaster that Germany can’t afford.
The CDU/CSU’s big idea?
Scrap the heating law, keep combustion engines, push CCS (which they ignored for years), and quietly flirt with nuclear power.
The SPD?
No nukes, no CCS, and no coherent alternative beyond subsidies and state intervention. It’s a political tug-of-war while the climate clock ticks down.
And here’s the kicker: If Merz’s government merges the economy and labor ministries, climate policy could be dumped into the powerless Environment Ministry—stripped of influence, left to rot. That would be a catastrophe for Germany’s climate future.
We’re Out of Time—And Out of Excuses
The crisis isn’t coming—it’s here. In 2024, global temperatures already smashed past the 1.5-degree threshold we were supposed to avoid until 2100.
Even if every country miraculously hit its targets—if Germany somehow reached carbon neutrality by 2045—planetary warming would still hit nearly 2°C this century.
If they fail? We’re looking at three degrees of climate hell.
And what’s the global response? Pathetic.
Less than 10% of the nearly 200 countries in the Paris Agreement met the February deadline for updated climate plans—including the EU.
The U.S. wavers between climate action under Biden and climate destruction under Trump.
Germany has two choices: lead or get left behind.
Enough Green Dogma—We Need Smart Climate Policy
The energy transition is failing not because the goals are wrong, but because the execution is a mess.
Renewables aren’t a religion—they’re a tool.
And if nuclear, CCS, hydrogen, or synthetic fuels work better, they must be used. Germany needs a real energy strategy, not ideological wishful thinking.
Right now, we are actively sabotaging our own economy and energy security:
- We refuse to invest in capacity markets, even though the EU has already given the green light.
- We are throwing billions into new gas plants while ignoring cheaper options like retrofitting coal plants with CCS.
- We are wasting billions on underground power cables, pushing grid costs through the roof.
- We are allowing solar power to flood the grid with excess electricity—then paying producers for it, even when it destabilizes the system.
- Half of all grid fees are now spent just to keep the unstable system from collapsing.
This is madness. A climate strategy that drives businesses out of the country, destroys industrial competitiveness, and punishes consumers with sky-high electricity prices isn’t a strategy—it’s economic suicide.
Mr. Merz, Drop the Excuses. Act Now.
Germany can’t afford more delays, more political grandstanding, or more failed policies.
The time for half-measures is over.
Cut the ideological nonsense. Build a strategy that works. And for once—deliver real results.
The atmosphere isn’t negotiating. Neither should you.
Sincerely,
Adaptation-Guide
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