I wrote about this last year, but just in case you needed reminding that the goal is to return western civilization to its pre-industrial revolution poverty …

back to the future

Wind-powered cargo ship (the first in 150 years) has set sail. For now, cargo ships will still be allowed to supplement wind propulsion with diesel engines, but the banning of fossil fuels is very much on the Greens’ agenda, and we can expect it to disappear by the end of the Democrats’ next term, 2028.

You know the fix is in when they start lying, and in this case, that’s begun even before the ship has launched:

“In addition to being a zero emission propulsion source, wind power is both a non-depleting resource as well as predictable.”

I’ve done a bit of sailing, and I can affirm that the wind is neither predictable nor reliable, but that’s the whole point.

Related: De-Industrializing Germany. John Hinderaker

Monika Schnitzer, Chairwoman of Germany’s Council of Economic Experts (sic):

More broadly, the 61-year-old academic said Germany was “too reliant on car manufacturing.”

Around 800,000 people work for car makers in Germany, many in highly-paid jobs.

The country is home to Volkswagen, Mercedes-Benz, Audi, BMW and Porsche, and produces around 25pc of all passenger cars manufactured in Europe.

However, the industry has been slow to realise the significance of the shift to electric and been left flat-footed as a result.

“Flat-footed” means they are manufacturing vehicles the public wants to buy.

Ms Schnitzer said: “Germany as a whole is very much dependent on car manufacturing, and many executives were not happy to change what they saw as a winning business model.”

Right. The “change” is being driven by politicians and ignorant (and minority) political factions, i.e. the Greens. More:

More broadly, she argued that Germany’s economy must fundamentally reorganise to reflect the political tensions between the East and West, and the fact that the era of cheap energy appears to be over.

The era of cheap energy isn’t over, the problem is that the era of government-mandated expensive energy has arrived. In Germany, anyway.

Ms Schnitzer said: “We need to get our act together and restructure the economy. That is the big discussion we’re having right now.

“Should we do everything in our power to keep the old structures [by subsidising] energy prices for the energy intensive industry to keep them in the country? Or should we let them go? If you ask my personal opinion, I would say we should let them go.”