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

    around 180 million tons of ammonia annually, which requires more than one percent of the total energy generated worldwide. In addition, the production of ammonia has so far been inextricably linked to the extraction of fossil raw materials, because the required hydrogen is produced from coal or natural gas using steam reforming. The Haber-Bosch process releases 450 million tons of carbon dioxide...

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

    There was criticism of allowing the climate protection negotiations to take place in Dubai of all places. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) derives a large part of its wealth from the production and sale of oil and gas - and thus fossil energy sources. It was also criticized that the official president of COP28, Sultan Al Jaber, is CEO of the national oil company Adnoc - and...

  3. THTR Circular No. 156, December 2023

    and coordinated by the Research Center Jülich, which has often proven in recent decades that it works closely with energy companies and dictatorial states to promote and develop large-scale technological and inhumane projects (e.g. nuclear power plants) that are planned and planned from above be enforced. The FZ Jülich will therefore make the preliminary decision for...

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

    The other five modules should follow – an “extremely optimistic” plan, according to economist David Schlissel. The original cost was $5,3 billion, and the US Department of Energy had promised $1,4 billion in funding. Financing should be secured by ensuring that there are enough (large) customers who would permanently purchase the electricity generated at a fixed price of 5,8 cents per...

  5. Newsletter XLVI 2023 - November 12th to 18th - News+ Violence as a consequence of climate change: No cool heads

    to conjure up their coffers to avoid the debt brake. It is likely to particularly affect energy transition projects whose financing is now in jeopardy. It's about such central things as promoting the expansion of renewable energy, building a charging infrastructure for electric cars, renovating the ailing Deutsche Bahn or natural climate protection, for example by restoring moors....

  6. Newsletter XLV 2023 - November 5th to 11th - News+ Are Habeck, Pistorius, Baerbock an infernal trio?

    Newsletter XLV 2023 November 5th to 11th *** 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...

  7. 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

    and coal projects whose potential emissions exceed one billion tons of CO₂ are also called “carbon bombs.” Of the 422 CO₂ bombs, 128 are still being planned; production or dismantling has not yet begun. Shortly after the global climate agreement of 2015, a total of 70 projects started from scratch - despite the commitment of around 200 countries to stop climate change....

  8. Newsletter XLIII 2023 - October 22nd to 28th - News+ Municipal utilities are leaving the Future Gas lobby association

    a Korean company based in Germany that does not want to be named. “We were only recently invited to submit a concept for a tender.” The subsidies are not as generous as in the USA, where around half of the costs of a development project are borne by the state. "But it's still better than under the current...

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

    but only if the EU Parliament also agrees. With the reform, the EU wants to promote the move away from fossil power generation and prevent extreme price fluctuations. To this end, all state subsidies for electricity production are to be replaced by so-called contracts for difference. With these contracts, the state guarantees producers a certain price that it sets itself. Is the...

  10. Newsletter XLI 2023 - October 8th to 14th - News+ India - Flood and destruction - the last generation is right

    Newsletter XLI 2023 October 8th to 14th... *** 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...

  11. Newsletter XL 2023 - October 1st to 7th - Current news + FDP proposal for industrial electricity price relief is spot on

    According to the Nature Conservation Association, pesticides contain around 1.000 different substances... * Netherlands | Natural gas | Earthquake Netherlands closes Europe's largest gas field For years there have been calls for an end to production in Groningen due to earthquakes in the region. 429 billion euros were generated, the profits went to the state. The Netherlands has stopped production from Europe's largest gas field in...

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

    Delays," KfW explained to the dpa. [...] Only owners of residential buildings who already own an electric car are eligible to apply... September 26th Funding | Solar power | E-car New funding for e-cars: policy for Those who already have electric cars should receive state money if they fill up with their own solar power. This means one-sided...

  13. Newsletter XXXVIII 2023 - September 17th to 23rd - News+ A future that I dread

    Newsletter XXXVIII 2023 September 17th to 23rd *** 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 industry . Some of this information only reached the public in a roundabout way...

  14. Newsletter XXXVII 2023 - September 10th to 16th - News+ How Germany is ruining the climate with billions in gifts to industry

    Lienfritz a"... * Fossil energy sources receive subsidies for even more CO2 emissions Scandal: 70 billion euros in tax money for fossil instead of renewable energies. German state subsidies are higher per ton of CO2 than the emissions trading price, while renewables usually go away empty-handed. Huge amounts of money are also used globally spent on coal, gas and oil. That has to change quickly. According to...

  15. Newsletter XXXVI 2023 - September 3rd to 9th - News+ Scientist predicts brutal “population correction” later this century

    In addition, they benefit from almost 3,8 billion euros annually. In addition, there are tax reliefs for the use of fossil fuels, which add up to 2,2 billion euros per year... * Funding | Photovoltaics | Wissing funding program: Wissing has not understood its political toolbox. Anyone who already has an electric car and buys a PV system should receive up to 10.200 euros....

  16. Newsletter XXXV 2023 - August 27 to September 2 - News+ Historic victory: Ecuador becomes the first country to say no to oil

    in 2021, 2.905 tons of uranium from Niger, 24,3 percent of its total imports; Niger was in first place. In 2022, a third of the uranium used in France came from Niger. Niger's uranium production is firmly in French hands. The company Somair (Société des Mines de l'Air), which exploits Niger's largest uranium mine on the outskirts of the town of Arlit in the Sahara desert and has a contract until 2040, is...

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

    to criticize climate activists. This is a shift in the discourse. I think this is very dangerous because it distracts from the actual topic... August 25th Ecuador stops oil production in the nature reserve No oil production in the Amazon region: A turning point not only for Ecuador The end of oil production in the Amazon region could completely change the Latin American state. So...

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

    Ores containing more than 20 percent uranium can be exploited in Saskatchewan, Canada. However, since 2006, prospecting has been hindered by water intrusion; How the funding can continue is unclear due to the ecological and health consequences of the water intrusion. There are two methods for extracting uranium: conventional mining above and below...

  19. Reactor failure THTR - problems

    THTR 300 The THTR newsletters Studies on THTR and much more. THTR breakdown list The HTR research The THTR accident in the 'Spiegel' The reactor failure - THTR problems *** THTR 300 problems Truth and lies Communication Intention What to do? “In times of global fraud, telling the truth is considered a revolutionary act.” - George Orwell - ** Problems with the nuclear economy: 1. The lie of life began in 1943...

  20. Newsletter XXXI 2023 - July 30th to August 05th - News+ Brussels buys more fire-fighting aircraft to fight forest fires

    With this category, nuclear waste is “a big problem that has so far been little discussed,” says the spokesman for the Citizens' Initiative (BI) for Environmental Protection Lüchow-Dannenberg, Wolfgang Ehmke... * Mexico | Oil production | Oil slick contaminates beaches Foothills of a huge oil slick reach the coast of Mexico A huge oil slick is floating in the Gulf of Mexico - and the oil is now spilling onto the beaches of Mexico....