Horse-drawn carriages as best practice example?

摘要

Photovoltaics are on a global triumphal march. From Asia - especially China and Japan - to North and South America, the new installation figures in the individual countries are breaking records on a quarterly basis. The inglorious exception is Europe, of all places, where the triumphal march of photovoltaics began. Currently, political support is crumbing there, however. The absurdity of the situation may be seen from the following comparison. The world's first engine plant was set up in 1864 by Nicolaus August Otto in Cologne, Germany. His invention revolutionised our ideas on mobility. Now just imagine what would have happened if the politicians of the day had decided to limit the spread of motorised vehicles in order not to harm the business of horse-drawn carriage manufacturers. Roads would not have been improved to make use of the advantages of the new means of transport and we would now all still be travelling carriage to carriage at 10 km/h on bumpy roads.