German town goes off the grid with alternative energy.

[waldo]

The real question is whether any sane person would be interested if they had to pay the entire cost of this village's experiment (electricity rates that include the various subsidies provided by the German government are not the real cost).

here, have another dose of reality!

First, Germany has extremely generous subsidies for renewable power there is no way this town could have done what it did without such subsidies so the quoted electrical rates are basically lies.

no - the basic subsidy lie is the one you continue to perpetuate. You continue to ignore the overwhelming disparity between subsidies for fossil-fuels and renewables... that subsidies for fossil-fuels have been disproportionately higher than those for renewables - historically and continuing today. You've been shown the numbers, repeatedly... over and over, again! And yet, you persist!

as for German subsidies, from a recent study showing the 1970-2012 subsidies for hard coal (steinkohle) vs. lignite coal (braunkohle) vs. nuclear (atomenergie) vs. renewables (erneuerbare), in billions Euros:

[waldo]

Let's all remember what else the world got when the German people/government were driven by 'foresight to champion and be a world leader in renewable energy.

apparently... controlled detonation takes care of underwater un-exploded ordinance, quite a typical requirement for such things as underwater cables/pipelines. But good on ya for highlighting Germany's offshore wind farm intentions. Considering Germany has little offshore today, concentrating principally on land, it's quite an aggressive plan Germany has to add 25,000 megawatts of sea-based turbines by 2030 - about the same capacity as 25 plants!