{"id":282791,"date":"2023-10-11T11:44:52","date_gmt":"2023-10-11T09:44:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=282791"},"modified":"2023-10-11T11:44:54","modified_gmt":"2023-10-11T09:44:54","slug":"bad-policy-germany-keeps-making-its-energy-increasingly-expensive-fueling-inflation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=282791","title":{"rendered":"Bad Policy: Germany Keeps Making Its Energy Increasingly Expensive, Fueling Inflation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The misguided government energy policies of Germany are based on junk climate science.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

From NoTricksZone<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By\u00a0P Gosselin<\/a>\u00a0on\u00a0<\/em>10. October 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Germany\u2019s government energy policies will keep heating up inflation\u2026the country\u2019s promise of cheap, clean energies was a phony bill of goods.\u00a0<\/mark><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Inflation will remain high<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The worst of inflation is behind us, and it all Russia\u2019s fault to begin with, Germany\u2019s socialist\/green government likes to claim. But nothing could be further from the truth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Don\u2019t expect Germany\u2019s inflation to return back to 2020 levels. The CO2 tax increase and highway truck toll fees will soon be enacted. Image:\u00a0Destatis here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The message they want to tell us is that inflation will soon ease back down to more normal levels, and everything will go back to being rosy again. But as is the case with all denialist socialist regimes, don\u2019t count on it. The recent inflation has little to do with Russia\u2019s conflict with Ukraine, and almost all to do with its radical policy of eradicating fossil fuel and nuclear power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And that policy will continue well into the future, unless there\u2019s a regime change in Germany.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CO2 tax to double in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first reason Germans should not expect inflation to ease is the coming CO2 tax increase, slated for the start of 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The CO2 price will increase every year. According to finanztip.de<\/a>, \u201cThe price is to rise again on January 1, 2024. According to a draft bill from the German government, an increase to 40 euros per ton of emitted CO2 is planned for 2024. In 2025, the CO2 price is to be 50 euros per ton.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It could reach 65 euros a ton by 2027.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This will make energy far more expensive for all Germans, and in every aspect of life. It also will also continue to drive energy-intensive industry out of the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Exploding highway toll fees for trucks<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not only will the CO2 tax increase make transportation more expensive, but so will the highway toll fees for heavy trucks, which will rise 83% at the start of 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Blackout News<\/a>, (citing Welt<\/a>): \u201cThe fee for heavy trucks will rise sharply at the turn of the year, by 83 percent. This endangers smaller transport companies. There is also unrest in the trade sector about the massive increase in the truck toll. Both sectors know who will ultimately have to bear the additional costs, namely the consumer.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Retailers are protesting loudly. According to trade experts, \u201cCompanies could pay up to an additional 40,000 euros per truck as a result of the toll.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Germany\u2019s exploding prices have little to do with economic cycles. The inflationary spiral is being driven by short-sighted, misguided government energy policies based on junk climate science.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The most important facts in a nutshell<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • Heating and refuelling will become more expensive every year until 2 due to the CO2027 price. You pay it for climate-damaging fuels: natural gas, heating oil, petrol or diesel, for example. Wood is exempt from the levy.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • The CO2 price is also colloquially referred to as the CO2 tax. The basis for this is the trading of CO2 certificates.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • In 2024, the CO2 price is to rise from 30 euros\/tonne to 40 euros\/tonne.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • If you rent, your landlord will have to cover part of your CO2023 costs since 2.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

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    The misguided government energy policies of Germany are based on junk climate science. From NoTricksZone By\u00a0P Gosselin\u00a0on\u00a010. October 2023 Germany\u2019s government energy policies will keep heating up inflation\u2026the country\u2019s promise of cheap, clean energies was a phony bill of goods.\u00a0 Inflation will remain high The worst of inflation is behind us, and it all Russia\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":282797,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"The misguided government energy policies of Germany are based on junk climate science.","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[691818076,691822041,691823511,691823513,691818051,691823512],"class_list":{"0":"post-282791","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"tag-co2","9":"tag-co2-tax","10":"tag-expensive-energy","11":"tag-expensive-transportation","12":"tag-germany","13":"tag-socialist-regimes","15":"fallback-thumbnail"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/0-HSB.jpg?fit=1077%2C628&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-1bz9","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":395936,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=395936","url_meta":{"origin":282791,"position":0},"title":"Fritz Vahrenholt: The CO2 turnaround in the USA","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"18\/08\/2025","format":false,"excerpt":"In the USA, it has been clear since Obama took office in 2009 that CO2 emissions should be reduced for climate protection reasons, but there has never been a majority in the Senate and Congress for such a law. 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