Willem Post recently wrote in The Energy Collective about how high energy costs are damaging the German economy. Gabriel has previously argued that Germany’s energy transition poses a serious threat to the country’s economy even though he was an early promoter of the International Renewable Energy Agency. More and more we are reading about the impact of high energy costs on the European economy. Willem Post has an interesting quote within a quote that has all of us struggling to deal with.
The new German Economics and Energy minister, Sigmar Gabriel, stated green energy mandates have become such an albatross around the neck of industry that they could lead to a “deindustrialization” of Germany.
Energy in Demand - Sustainable Energy - Rod Janssen 
What a very silly thing to say.