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If Germany power prices are so low, why are Germans power bills so high ? Maybe you are cherry picking spot/marginal price and not netting the subsides ?

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Taxes and levies make up up to 60% of the energy prices.

https://blackout-news.de/en/news/electricity-prices-in-germa...

and why are taxes that high. More specifically why is Germany spending 10x more than france on curtailment and transmission?))

higher prices means more incentives to be energy efficient

for now its incentive for deindustrialization

everything good for humans appears to be an incentive for deindustrialization

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