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Our world in data has a nice graph showing some countries that where able to decouple CO2 emission from GDP growth showing that this is indeed possible: https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/consumption-co2-per-capit...

And I am totally for these "million other lefty-green things". Solar and wind is comparatively cheap to install and comparatively low effect on nature. The resulting energy is also cheap (if used locally). We have many (poor) villages here in Germany owning their own wind turbines and benefiting from selling this energy, greatly improving the financial situation for the local population. It's like farming but with wind turbines.

In the long run Germany will be better of. We just have to get through this painful transition.



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