In Germany, where green subsidies will cost €23.6 billion this year, household electricity prices have increased by 80% since 2000, causing 6.9 million households to live in energy poverty. Wealthy homeowners in Bavaria can feel good about their inefficient solar panels, receiving lavish subsidies essentially paid by poor tenants in the Ruhr, who cannot afford their own solar panels but still have to pay higher electricity costs.
今年德国的绿色补贴将耗资236亿美元，居民电价从2000年来上涨了80%，导致690万家庭陷入能源贫困。巴伐利亚州经济宽裕的房主可以为低效率的太阳能电池板感觉良好，享受着由鲁尔区穷人最终支付的高额补贴，而这些穷人则因为自己买不起太阳能电池板，还要继续支付高昂的用电费用。