In his last post, Craig Morris reviewed parts of a US labor union study, whose author calls it a “discussion document.” Craig accepts the invitation – and has one of his own. I am always surprised to see what the Anglo world thinks of Germany, especially from people on “my side” of the energy transition debate. A lot of what I will say below was published in last year’s PDF entitled “Germany energy freedom.” This is the short version; if you want the full story, read the PDF afterwards (but stay here now). The author of the labor union study on energy democracy (PDF) threw me completely off here: Significantly, renewable energy has made the biggest strides (and created the most jobs) where governments have played a leading role and markets are less liberalized – such as China and Germany. China and Germany, eh? I have lived in Germany for more than 20 years and never been to China, but if China is anything like Germany, it rocks. Here is a quick run-down of the … Continue reading “Less liberalized” Germany