At the degradation of 0.5 percent per year of the best solar panels now, they still deliver over 60 percent after the first century.

I discussed this in some detail in this post at my blog in September 2012:

http://k.lenz.name/LB/?p=7507

And while fossil fuel purchases might have gone up following Germany’s announced exit from nuclear generation their cost of electricity has dropped based on the falling price charged industrial users.

It’s widely accepted that Germany’s cost of generating electricity has been dropping but that decreased cost is not being passed on to residential users.

Some of that price stickiness seems to be a result of long term purchase agreements which have locked in high sales prices while generation costs have been dropping thanks to wind and solar on Germany’s grid.

Wind and solar combined to reduce the amount spent for fossil fuels by 8 billion euros in 2012.

Stayed the same, but costing much more to produce thereby requiring a price of $70-$80 to make a profit?

Peak oil? Really? Look at what US production has done.

We already mentioned yesterday that EnBW, the fourth largest power provider in the country, does not plan to increase its retail prices at all for “most” of its customers.

Last night, manager magazine added Lichblick (the largest green power provider, but still a relatively small fish), which expects prices to remain constant. Unfortunately, RWE and Vattenfall, two of the other three big utilities, did not wish to make any forecasts, and Eon (the other member of the Big Four) was apparently not contacted.

The article also cites Energy Brainpool (about whom I have also already written), which estimates that lower power procurement costs currently range from 0.57 to 1.97 cents – compared to an increase in the renewables surcharge of 0.96 cents.

Interestingly, new photovoltaics only makes up 0.08 cents of that increase.
Other cost items, such as grid fees, could raise the retail rate, however, and too much offshore wind would also make things more expensive.”

http://www.renewablesinternational.net/german-retail-prices-may-remain-unchanged/150/537/73949/

“And cherry picking the year 2002 as a baseline, just before all
commodity prices moved up significantly in value as emerging markets
really kicked in.”

Not all commodities increased in price, solar panels for instance have become much cheaper.

Plus, how is acknowledging peak oil “cherry picking”?

Regarding the industry exemptions, it look like they apply the general tactic of right wing politicians to deal with working government programs that they don’t like on ideological grounds. As soon as they are in power they start to de-fund and or change the programs until they don’t work properly any more. Then they say: Government is bad at doing this task, let’s cancel he program and let the market take over.

although i have to say since 1/3 of germans voted for merkel they really have no reason whatsoever to complain about higher prices^^

How does that work?

And cherry picking the year 2002 as a baseline, just before all commodity prices moved up significantly in value as emerging markets really kicked in.

Analysis like this would get an F in an undergrad stats class.

Moral obligation? What a compelling argument. How about Germany spend some money on defense spending after the US has carried Europe for the past 60+ years.