>>>>Is an EPA mandate at the national level to generate 28% of our electrical power from solar panels and wind turbines (with roughly two-thirds of that coming from wind) any less wrong? :)
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Why is that so bad?
Would you rather that they invaded a country or two?
Of course I'm being facetious, but holy cow, what can be so bad about requiring people to move toward renewable energy? Is that really so bad?

Government intervention is often necessary to make that happen.
Unlike the US, Germany imports almost all its oil.
My wife's cousin in Germany has built hydro-electric turbines using mountain streams that produce enough electricity to power several villages. He did it because the government, in order to cut dependence on oil, gave assurances that the price of electricity would never go below a certain level.
He still has risks- mechanical failures, natural disasters, etc. but those government assurances took away the price risk and made the project feasible.
In order to enforce those assurances, the government controls electricity prices.
Socialism!!!!
It's working.
The villages have reliable sources of power, prices are lower and the dependence on oil has gone down.