Billige Energie als wirtschaftspolitische Waffe
In Deutschland träumen Politik und viele Bürger von dem großen “grünen Boom”. Wir müssen nur richtig investieren und dann wird bei uns die Post abgehen, weil wir mit neuen Technologien die Welt retten und Arbeitsplätze schaffen.
Bei der Solarindustrie hat es schon mal nicht so geklappt. Aber kein Problem, beim nächsten Mal bestimmt.
Natürlich kann man von der Politik gegen den Klimawandel sehr profitieren, aber ob wir das werden, bezweifle ich, denn andere haben da ein paar Standortvorteile:
- “Norrland is the largest of Sweden’s three historical ‘lands’. (…) Most of Sweden’s industry is far to the south. But Norrland abounds in hydropower. Power that is cheap and—crucially—green, along with bargain land and proximity to iron ore, is sparking an improbable industrial revolution, based on hydrogen, “green” steel and batteries.” – bto: Wichtig – Schweden gehört zur EU, weshalb man da keine “Schutzzölle” einführen kann. Stahl aus Essen? Nun wohl nicht mehr lange.
- “SSAB, a steelmaker, is poised to deliver its first consignment of ‘eco-steel’ from a hydrogen-fuelled pilot plant in Lulea, a northern city. Volvo, an industrial-vehicle firm these days, will use the steel to build lorries. Of the six or seven tonnes that its typical lorry weighs, around five consist of steel. And for each tonne of steel produced using fossil fuels, around two tonnes of planet-cooking carbon dioxide get belched into the atmosphere.” – bto: Natürlich sind diese Lkw dann viel günstiger als jene von Daimler oder VW. “Richtig so!”, rufen die grüne Elite und ihre Wähler mit sicheren Arbeitsplätzen im öffentlichen Sektor.
- “Scania, another automotive firm, is also hoping to exploit Norrland’s cheap hydro-power. It plans to make 15,000 battery-powered trucks a year by 2025, around 15% of its annual production. To that end it has invested in Northvolt, a new battery-making enterprise powered by Norrland’s hydro-electricity. Northvolt’s main facility is in Skelleftea, 130km south-west of Lulea. It is also building a battery-recycling plant there.(…) Northvolt (…) wants to scale that up eventually to 150 gigawatt-hours a year. If he does so by 2030, he will be supplying a sizeable amount of the European Union’s expected annual demand of some 450 gigawatt-hours of electric-vehicle battery capacity by 2030.” – bto: Die ehemalig wichtigen Regionen in Baden-Württemberg werden derweil mit Arbeitsbeschaffungsprogrammen für die ökosoziale Wende befriedet.
- “Big producers in Germany and Poland, where the industry is mostly coal-based and very dirty, are nervy. Even neighbouring Norway is in danger of losing out. It too has the gift of rich renewable-energy resources, but underinvestment means there may soon not be enough of this green electricity to meet the demands of both households and industry.” – bto: Klar, die Industrie hat in Deutschland keine Zukunft.
