Climate

People in the western hemisphere are very concerned about global warming or so they say. Germany has been leading the way in conversion to wind and solar and the people praise the government for the transfer away from fossil fuels. Suddenly when the cost to heat the home goes up the people have a change of heart. They demand that the government do something so the government is helping home owners with their heating bills. In addition Germany is reopening 6 coal fired power plants and these plants use lignite which is the dirties coal available. They have accepted the idea that global warming is destroying the planet but that is not quite as important as keeping the house warm. The government has requested that people set their thermostats at 19 degree C which is 66 degrees F, hardly a temperature that you could freeze. Global warming like many problems looks different when it directly effects you.