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    obtained in ancient geological times from the breakdown products of dead plants and animals. These include brown coal, hard coal, peat, natural gas and petroleum. These energy sources are called fossil energy sources or fossil fuels (see also fossil). In contrast, biomass is obtained from wood and other modern organic waste and remains. Fossil fuels are based...

  2. Newsletter XVI 2024 - April 14th to 20th - News+ Poland: The Tusk government is also relying on nuclear energy

    Form an anchor for electricity prices and thus ensure our competitiveness. …. Our Commission's own forecasts also show that nuclear energy will complement the majority of renewable energy sources and that the latter will form the backbone of electricity generation in the EU by 2050." The reasons she gives are not sustainable. It fails to recognize that CO2-free renewables...

  3. Newsletter XV 2024 - April 7th to 13th - News+ Shell pleads not guilty

    der die Sonne die einzige Energiequelle für Wärme, Wind- und Wasserkraft sowie Nahrung war. Fossile Energie ab 1850 In der zweiten Phase entdeckte die Menschheit in der Erde brennbare fossile Energiequellen wie Kohle, Erdgas und Erdöl. Diese uralten Energiequellen ermöglichten uns für eine kurze Zeit ab etwa 1850 einen steilen Erfolgspfad an Technik und Wohlstand. Doch diese Energiequellen...

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    under pressure, gas networks have to be dismantled. Dismantling of the gas networks is necessary, costs are rising for consumers. Transformation requires adaptations and investments in sustainable energy sources. After the end of locally produced city gas, German natural gas supply was entirely focused on flexible pipeline supplies, initially from the Netherlands and later from Russia and Norway. Only...

  5. Newsletter VIII 2024 - February 18th to 24th - News+ On the death of the Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny

    It is fundamentally possible to move away from fossil fuels. “Previous studies have shown that our energy system can be converted to renewable energy sources such as wind and solar at low cost and with little environmental impact,” says Felix Schreyer from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK). How can renewable energy be used efficiently? "The next question is...

  6. Newsletter VI 2024 - February 4th to 10th - News+ Nuclear power is a dead horse - why isn't Merz getting down?

    War of aggression against Ukraine massively within a few months... * Wikipedia Renewable energies Renewable energies (RE) or regenerative energies, also alternative energies, are energy sources that are practically inexhaustible in the human time horizon for a sustainable energy supply or that are renewed relatively quickly . This limits them...

  7. Newsletter LII 2023 - December 24th to 31st - News+ Nuclear power fantasy fails due to desolate industry

    money in. Study shows that phasing out coal increases profit margins. Power plants should rely on green electricity returns. A guest post. Wind and solar energy are the fastest growing energy sources in the world and are expected to together generate twelve percent of global electricity by 2023. The amount of energy generated by wind and solar energy is expected to increase...

  8. Newsletter XLIX 2023 - December 3rd to 9th - News+ The language of autocracy

    Landes and, like Héctor Reyes, is watching with concern the initiatives of the “Pact of the Corrupt”, which aim to make it more difficult for the president-elect to govern... * Energy sources | WNISR | Electricity mix report on nuclear energy: Nuclear power is on the decline worldwide The share of nuclear energy in the global electricity mix fell to 9,2 percent last year. Meanwhile, investments are flowing...

  9. Newsletter XLVIII 2023 - November 26th to December 2nd - Current News+ Greenwashing at COP28: How corporations lobby against climate goals

    to the almost 200 countries that will discuss in Dubai until mid-December how to get involved in the energy transition... * World Climate Conference | COP28 120 countries want to triple electricity production from renewable energy sources At the World Climate Conference in the United Arab Emirates, numerous countries joined the plan to increase their electricity production from renewable energy sources by 2030...

  10. THTR Circular No. 156, December 2023

    the German-language Namibian "Allgemeine(n) Zeitung" (AZ): "The focus is that we - if desired - support Namibia in developing clean, reliable and inexpensive renewable energy sources. If Namibia then generates a surplus of these energy sources, we would We are very happy to import these products (ammonia). Ammonia is a more transportable...

  11. Newsletter XLVII 2023 - November 19th to 25th - News+ Spectacular setback for the development of small nuclear reactors in the USA - The dead horse

    consists. That shouldn't have been allowed. Al-Jaber says openly that the future lies not in renewables, but in emission-free energies. He wants to continue using fossil energy sources, and the CO2 will apparently be miraculously stored somewhere. That won't be possible. [...] But climate protection is now increasingly viewed in society as...

  12. Newsletter XLIV 2023 - October 29th to November 4th - News+ Uranium exports from Lingen to Russia violate EU law - study by the Greens justifies the possibility of a ban

    Newsletter XLIV 2023 October 29th to November 4th *** 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 Current news + background knowledge The PDF file "Nuclear Power Accidents" contains a number of other incidents from various areas of the nuclear industry. Some of the incidents were never released through official channels, so this information is only available to the public...

  13. Newsletter XLII 2023 - October 15th to 21st - News+ For a new concept of fascism

    Newsletter XLII 2023 October 15th to 21st *** 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 Current news + background knowledge The PDF file "Nuclear Power Accidents" contains a number of other incidents from various areas of the nuclear industry. Some of the incidents were never released through official channels, so this information is only available to the public on...

  14. Newsletter XXXIX 2023 - September 24th to 30th - News+ “Populist, verbally radical, ethnic” – and no end in sight

    Newsletter XXXIX 2023 September 24th to 30th *** 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 News+ Background knowledge Nuclear Power Accidents This PDF file contains a list of known incidents from the various areas of civil and military nuclear power industry . Some of this information only reached the public in a roundabout way...

  15. Newsletter XXXIV 2023 - August 20th to 26th - News+ The sun will shine for another 4,5 billion years

    like coal, and replacing nuclear energy. We have compiled the most frequently asked questions that this change brings with it, along with our answers, for you here. Wissen.de Renewable energy sources: wind, sun and water What is the difference between solar panels and solar cells? In solar collectors, solar radiation heats a liquid, which is then transported via heat exchangers to...

  16. Newsletter XXXIII 2023 - August 13th to 19th - News+ Military coup in Niger: Uranium mining and environmental destruction as deeper reasons?

    Newsletter XXXIII 2023 August 13th to 19th *** 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 News+ Background knowledge Nuclear Power Accidents This PDF file contains a list of known incidents from the various areas of civil and military nuclear power industry . Some of this information only reached the public in a roundabout way...

  17. 2010 to 2019 - INES, NAMS and other events

    Map of the nuclear world The uranium story INES, NAMS and the interference Low-level radioactive radiation?! Uranium transports through Europe The ABC operational concept INES and the disruptions in nuclear facilities 2010 to 2019 *** INES, Who the f... is INES? The International Scale of Nuclear and Radiological Events (INES) is a tool to convey to the public the safety significance...

  18. Newsletter XXVII 2023 - July 2nd to 8th - News+ Is nuclear power experiencing a renaissance? There are also military interests behind it

    on the Western model of prosperity". He points out that human progress in crucial areas of life would not have been possible without the use of "easily and cheaply available fossil energy sources". Neubauer is pursuing a wrong approach to climate policy and is thus creating a "new opposition". .. * July 5, 2000 (INES Klass.?) Grafenrheinfeld, DEU...

  19. Newsletter XXIII 2023 - June 4th to 10th - News+ Politics with poison, hate speech and propaganda

    Newsletter XXIII 2023 June 4th to 10th *** 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 News+ Background knowledge Nuclear Power Accidents This PDF file contains a non-exhaustive list of known incidents and releases of radioactivity... Excerpt for this month: June 04th, 2008 (INES 0 class?) Krsko nuclear power plant, SVN June 06th, 2008 (INES 1) nuclear power plant...

  20. Newsletter XXII 2023 - May 28th to June 3rd - News+ Political style in Germany Please, strengthen the AfD

    has actually done exactly that over and over again in all sorts of contexts. We should have known that dependence on one supplier and dependence on fossil energy sources made us vulnerable to blackmail. Personally, I, but also many other scientists, have repeatedly warned in studies and through public statements that we...

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