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Germany has too many solar panels, and it's pushed energy prices into negative territory (markets.businessinsider.com)

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[-] Tryptaminev@lemm.ee 99 points 3 months ago

It gets even more absurd. The southern states blocked building large power lines to transport cheap wind energy south. Now they struggle because the chea renewable energy cannot go there. So while there is plenty of renewables in the north the south still runs coal plants to provide local energy. But then the people in the north have to pay for "network fees" because the South couldnt take their energy.

Because of this it was suggested to split the German energy market in two, where the south which fought against renewables would have to pay the actual electricity costs instead of leeching of the North that properly build up renewables. This was fought teeth and nails because the South of Germany is like Texas but with an even worse superiority complex.

[-] cley_faye@lemmy.world 38 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Physicists are warry about splitting atoms; historians are warry about splitting Germany.

[-] Jolteon@lemmy.zip 10 points 3 months ago

It's okay, this time it's a horizontal split, not a vertical one. That makes it okay and completely different.

[-] PeterLossGeorgeWall@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 months ago

Yeah there are already a few splits. The Aldi equator, the Weißwurstäquator.

[-] schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 3 months ago

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morgenthau_Plan

[-] Miaou@jlai.lu 10 points 3 months ago

Idk, we could have saved millions of people if we had done this in 1918

[-] redprog@feddit.de 11 points 3 months ago

"South Germany" Du meinst Bayern, oder ist Hessen auch dabei? xD

[-] Tryptaminev@lemm.ee 9 points 3 months ago

Hauptsächlich Bayern, aber Hessen und BaWü haben sich mWn. bei Netzausbau und Ausbau erneuerbarer Energien bisher auch nicht mit Ruhm beckleckert.

[-] Mrs_deWinter@feddit.de 4 points 3 months ago

Aktuell wird doch ne Stromtrasse durch BW gebaut. Diese lächerliche Nummer von wegen, wir hätten gerne Strom, aber keine Trasse, war eine astreine CSU Nummer.

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