Kyoto & German politics
See this article from BBC:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4295389.stm
If the Germans really want to drop coal AND nuclear, then a possible expensive solution would be in the Sahara Desert, where a few hundred of the following system might be installed:
http://www.enviromission.com.au/index1.htm
How to transmit electric current under the Med? Carbon nanotubule cables, capable of handling incredible levels of electrical current--a billion amps per sq cm.
JK