I liked the below paragraph from the German article, as the author
puts his finger on a remarkable feature of the Energiewende that the
German population is surprisingly insensitive to: “Obwohl sich die utopischen Annahmen zur Zielerreichung Jahr für Jahr
in Luft auflösten, gab es keine Nachsteuerung, kein Controlling. Über
eine ganze Dekade hinweg erfolgte keine Revision der Aufgabenstellung,
keine Überprüfung der Prämissen …” My rough translation: “Even though the assumptions underlying the feasibility of the
Energiewende evaporated year after year, no corrections were made, and
there was no controlling. During the course of a decade no efforts were
made to revise the definition of the project and reexamine the project’s
premisses …”
Frightening this is: reason suspended, a religious mania, a paroxysm
reminiscent in its bumbling way of Hitler’s erratic conduct of war. What I find most worrisome is the absence (until recently) of open
controversy and political opposition concerning the Energiewende. It is
almost as if (many) Germans are glad to have found a higher cause that
entitles them to sideline pesky democracy.
A reply:
That part reminded me of the Soviet Union, where they pretended
everything was working just fine, and that little things could just be
ignored. However, everyone knew nothing was working, but no one dared or
was willing to admit it.
My reply:
I can see your point. Mind you, the average German doesn’t seem to
have matured yet to the point where he understands that the system
doesn’t work. Also, what the above quote points to is that pluralism is critically
diminished and democracy isn’t working as it should. It’s a dangerous
indicator that irrationality, a religious mania, if you like, prevails. In a functioning democracy such blatant contradictions and absurd
errors as accompany the Energiewende are quickly picked out and fiercely
challenged.
It is not a good sign that this isn’t happening in Germany.
A reply:
My reply:
For an interesting reply to my above comment see the next post.