Friday, December 01, 2017
Pluponent guilt
ZH notes that Germany has stopped subsidizing "green" cars like Tesla.
Three thoughts.
First, this is a rare move away from bankerism and toward populism.
Second, this is an even more unusual move away from environmentalism. The subsidy was part of Merkel's super-green policy of shutting down dirty polluting energy sources like nuclear and hydropower, and switching to super-super-clean lignite coal for electricity and diesel fuel for cars. Lignite and diesel are super-super-clean and super-super-green by definition. Because why? Just because. Don't ask questions.
Third: Germany felt guilty for following the supreme environmentalist in the 1930s, so it tried to expiate its guilt by becoming EVEN MORE ENVIRONMENTALIST than the founder of environmentalism. Because why? Just because. Don't ask questions.
Graphic sidenote: When I web-searched for the lignite-burning car on the right, I found plenty of images of the Tesla S. I couldn't match the left picture because 98% of the Tesla pics show the car way out in the middle of nowhere. Vast vistas of deserts and mountains. Exactly where you DON'T want to drive an electric car. The closest match I could find was this relatively open city vista, with a building typical of the first supreme environmentalist. Brutal then, brutal now.
Electrics have always been good for in-city use. To work and back, to shopping and back, recharge overnight at home. True in 1895, still true now. No change. Why aren't they advertised in their appropriate setting?
Graphic sidenote: When I web-searched for the lignite-burning car on the right, I found plenty of images of the Tesla S. I couldn't match the left picture because 98% of the Tesla pics show the car way out in the middle of nowhere. Vast vistas of deserts and mountains. Exactly where you DON'T want to drive an electric car. The closest match I could find was this relatively open city vista, with a building typical of the first supreme environmentalist. Brutal then, brutal now.
Electrics have always been good for in-city use. To work and back, to shopping and back, recharge overnight at home. True in 1895, still true now. No change. Why aren't they advertised in their appropriate setting?Labels: Carbon Cult, Pluponents
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