# Canadian 'dopers, Freedom Convoy?

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [February 10, 2022, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-dopers-freedom-convoy/959186 "2022-02-10T00:07:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2022, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-dopers-freedom-convoy/959186/838 "2022-07-13T03:46:40Z")

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> [@Sam\_Stone](#):
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> For example, I have been arguing that Germany’s climate plan was going to fail for about a decade on this board, to much derision. Well, here we are. They have abandoned their climate targets, are opening up coal plants, have the highest energy prices in Europe and have put their energy security in the hands of one of the worst dictators on the planet. A total freaking disaster […]

We already [had this discussion,](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-conservatives-think-there-is-something-intrinsically-good-about-gasoline-fossil-fuel/966254/235) and your exaggerated characterization of it is still unjustifiable.

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> Germany is planning to use coal-fired power stations which would have been idled this year and next as reserve facilities in case of disruption to gas supplies from Russia, economy ministry sources said on Tuesday.
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> The proposals, drawn up by the ministry as part of precautionary measures in case of a gas shortage, would run until March 31, 2024 as Germany tries to cut its dependence on Russian fossil fuels after the invasion of Ukraine, the sources said. […]
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> In particular, gas, which accounted for 15% of power production input last year, must be prioritised for industry and heating homes if a bottleneck arises, making it necessary to draw on idled coal capacity to fill the gaps, they said. […]
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> The sources said that maintaining coal capacity in a state of readiness would not mean that plants emit additional carbon emissions, stressing that the plan would not derail Germany’s overall goal to stop using coal for power generation by 2030.

See, this is the sort of thing I’m talking about in my criticisms of bias in your posts that you want to dismiss as mere “partisanship”. Your posts typically combine some factually valid statements with some serious errors, misstatements, sweeping generalizations and emotionally loaded exaggerations. And the errors and exaggerations and other misleading effects are always leaning in the same direction.

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