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> On sustainable energy sources: I, as many other germans, receive all of my electricity from purely renewable energy sources for more than ten years now. 24/7.

More probably you‘re running on green (washing) electricity certificates from Norway…

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Nope, 100% green energy in the hands of the citizens.

This. It is 100% green energy. No certificates or whatsoever.

Then they're lying to you. Unless you're on a completely separate power grid, your energy is, in reality, provided by the power source closest to you. It might be solar or wind sometimes, but the rest of the time it's probably a non-renewable source.

German companies claiming to get their energy through renewable sources are primarily buying credits from Norway and a few other sources in Europe.

You can stick your head in the ground and pretend all of the electricity you use is being generated by renewable resources, but as long as plants in Germany are producing power using coal and natural gas, it means you're using that energy.

It's funny that those wind and solar contracts don't stop delivering when there is no supply... Makes one wonder about truth.

It’s funny that you cannot provide a single day within the last 10 years where there was neither solar nor wind supply.

Can you on other hand prove that for all 5-minute periods in past 10 years wind or solar production was more than sold as such?

This is not true. There are multiple energy providers selling only renewables. There even is one village that managed to do so on its own for itself.

Your argumentation is wrong. What you say is: There is no use in limiting pollution, because there will still be some pollution left anyways. I bet you never clean your place, because it will get dirty soon after.

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