Warning on Phil Murphy’s Energy Master Plan : Germany’s experiment in Green Energy is a major fail

the staff of the Ridgewood blog

Ridgewood NJ, supporters of Phil Murphy’s Energy Master Plan take note ,Germany’s experiment in Green Energy is a major fail. Out of necessity, Germany’s Socialist/Green coalition government has announced it will have to increase the burning of coal to reduce its dangerous dependence on Russian oil and natural gas. Underlining that dependence was Russia’s announcement that it was cutting gas supplies through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline (Trump warned you)  for “technical reasons.” In other words: a form of blackmail.

What a turnaround , Germany was one of the first industrialized nations to try to go green with windmills and solar panels. It was an unworkable experiment.  Then 10 years ago German leader Angela Merkel foolishly announced the closure of all of Germany’s 17 nuclear reactors. Only three are left, and all of them are set for shutdown later this year. The result of all this has been the highest global electricity prices per household in the world – almost three times that of the U.S. Now Germany will likely decide to go back to nuclear power to supplement coal-fired plants.

Funny Governor Murphy knows all about the German economy . He was confirmed as the U.S. ambassador to Germany August 7, 2009, after spending several years during the mid-1990s as head of Goldman Sachs’ Frankfurt office. His familiarity with the German economy, however, isn’t the only reason why he was selected by President Barack Obama for the diplomatic post. Murphy held the Democratic Party’s top finance job from 2006-2009, and he and his wife, Tammy, have contributed more than $1 million to Democratic candidates over the years.

With astronomical cost estimates making  Phil Murphy’s Energy Master Plan both impractical and unworkable , New Jerseyians are bound to see skyrocketing energy costs along with high along with higher gas prices .