There was an outrage in germany when the state expenses listed 20 millions in payments to peru for bicycle lanes amongst a financial crisis. They cut paid parental leave and public transport subventions but thought bicycle lanes on the other side of the world is important. Green party is crazy here.

[–] AcidBurn@retrofed.com 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm guessing there's more to that story than there appears

[–] Waterpumpee@lemmus.org 1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

My guess is they had emission reduction targets, either forced by eu or set themselves. They calculated that it would be cheapest to reach these targets by building bike paths in peru.

Probably thought ,among billions, 20m is just a lump sum. Or had personal emotions due to vacation.

Either way this came up during a financial crisis after the ruling parties tapped a financial source meant for emergencies only ,ruled illegal. Further causing the dismantling of the government and new elections.

Something what was apparent is during this reign the greens, albeit only being a minor partner, caused huge costs for the population. Every house built 20 yrs ago has to invest multiple 100k € for insulation. This affects rents but also single family homes.

I think the emissions for building new are roughly equal to heat an old building for 40 years.

After all they had some kind of tunnel vision only looking at co2 but forgot who pays the bill and does the vote. I wish they were more cautious, i think we had more acceptance for them. Also i wish they stopped mixing (far left) migration politics and eco politics.

For example remote workers have 30% less emissions. It's basically cost free to force remote work (for jobs where possible). They even advertised this but dropped as soon as voted in. Fuckers.

[–] AcidBurn@retrofed.com 1 points 5 hours ago

Without knowing more, that sounds like corruption