Germany

Most people think that the leaders of countries are planning ways to make their respective countries better off but that is not always the case. Take energy in Germany. Germany went big for green energy starting in 1990. They abandoned their coal and shut down their nuclear. Coal production dropped from 400 million tons in 1990 to 100 million tons in 2023. They spent $2 trillion dollars on wind and solar but someone forgot that Germany doesn't have much sun or much wind. Because of the Ukraine War Germany is building new natural gas power plants. As an example of how being in the wrong place can ruin any plan. If you wanted to run NY City on solar you would need a solar farm the size of Ohio because they don't get much sun in that area. The other alternative is to place the solar panels in the southwest over 2,000 miles away.