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    mehr Schweizer Dächern grosse schwarzblaue Rechtecke, die Sonnenlicht in Strom umwandeln. Die schwarzblaue Farbe kommt von Silicium-Kristallen, denn auf diesem Halbleitermaterial basiert die Mehrheit der heute erhältlichen Solarzellen. Doch Silicium ist nicht die einzige Möglichkeit, Solarzellen herzustellen – und möglicherweise auch nicht die beste. Photovoltaik-Zellen auf Siliciumbasis sind...

  2. Newsletter XVIII 2024 - April 28th to May 4th - News+ Hubris of the West: Three decades of chaos and decline

    Gewaltverbrechen, Folter und Mord. * Ukraine | Wehrpflicht | Kriegsdienstverweigerung Die Masse der ukrainischen Kriegsdienstverweigerer durchkreuzt Nato-Interessen Nach Umfragen will sich eine Mehrheit der wehrpflichtigen Männer nicht mobilisieren lassen. Der Fall zeigt, was auch hierzulande im Kriegsfall geschehen würde. Man ist erst versucht, die Situation in der Ukraine mit der zu...

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

    Nuclear energy forms a reliable anchor for electricity prices and thus ensures 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. She fails to realize that...

  4. Newsletter XIV 2024 - March 31st to April 6th - News+ - It's not just Germany that is getting out

    religious education system. The end of the exemption could fundamentally change Israeli society because it would bring tens of thousands of strictly religious people living in isolation into contact with the majority of society. Today the ultra-Orthodox, known as Haredim, make up more than 13 percent of the population... * Coal phase-out | Climate justice | Environmental destruction Coal phase-out in...

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    are aware of the danger that threatens us and when they recognize the causes of it. But this is very difficult given the current information policy. Yet polls show that the majority of society opposes war. [...] TAURUS delivery instead of diplomacy. How do you feel about this? I was horrified two weeks ago when I watched the debate in the Bundestag about the supply of these weapons...

  6. Newsletter XII 2024 - March 17th to 23rd - News+ Industry should stop whining about Germany

    fell in the state chamber. An overview. It wasn't just cannabis legalization and a billion-dollar growth package for companies that found a majority in the Federal Council on Friday. The states also gave the green light for the dismantling of subsidies for agricultural diesel and the quality atlas for hospitals. In addition, they approved the second...

  7. Newsletter XI 2024 - March 10th to 16th - News+ There is every reason to be afraid of the AfD

    the weapon was rejected, prominent traffic light politicians voted with the opposite side. The Bundestag has again rejected the delivery of Taurus cruise missiles to Ukraine. The majority of Parliament voted against a corresponding proposal from the Union. With 687 votes cast, according to the final count, 188 parliamentarians supported the motion, 494 voted against and 5 abstained. 48...

  8. Newsletter X 2024 - March 3rd to 9th - News+ More courage would be good

    After all, they have suffered long enough from the constant tremors that came with mining. The Dutch parliament is now fully committed to nuclear energy. On Tuesday, a majority of MPs decided to build four new reactors - twice as many as the government wanted. The Greens, Social Democrats, the socialist SP and the Animal Welfare Party voted...

  9. Newsletter IX 2024 - February 25th to March 2nd - News+ Deceptively real AI videos: What if we can no longer believe anything?

    Now it becomes clear what will happen next. In the struggle over the future of the East German Schwedt refinery, there are signs of continued control by the federal government and no expropriation of the Russian majority owner. Rosneft-Russia has explained that it wants to sell its shares and complete the process during another escrow extension, the...

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

    by enshrining the basic structure of the Karlsruhe court in the constitution. The Union was needed for this from the start, because a change to the Basic Law can only be made with a two-thirds majority. The CDU and CSU were initially open-minded. But now they don't want to anymore. Party leader Friedrich Merz already said during the general debate three weeks ago that he was...

  11. Newsletter VII 2024 - February 11th to 17th - Current+ super election year in the crucial climate decade

    “Military protection for the State of Israel can only ever be a temporary security,” said Mendel. A long-term solution can therefore only be peace with the Palestinians... * Majority supports climate protection Global survey on climate protection Politicians can be bolder A survey in 125 countries shows great support for climate protection and also the willingness to spend money on it...

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

    it ultimately draws from it. * Pakistan | Corruption | Parliamentary election Sharif and Khan fight for victory In the parliamentary election in Pakistan, former Prime Minister Sharif and his PML-N party missed a majority. Independent candidates close to the imprisoned ex-Prime Minister Khan are ahead. Sharif and Khan both see themselves as winners. The conservative Nawaz let his supporters...

  13. Newsletter V 2024 - January 28th to February 3rd - Current news + US foreign policy: Profit over peace?

    Billion US dollar "Chinook" helicopters from Boeing and AMRAAM air-to-air missiles from the Raytheon Group worth 2,9 billion US dollars... * Basic Law | Constitutional Court | Two-thirds majority Change to the Basic Law planned Poland as a warning example: Why the traffic light and the Union want to protect the Constitutional Court together The governing parties SPD, Greens and FDP agree: They...

  14. Newsletter IV 2024 - January 21st to 27th - Current news + AfD ban: Off to Karlsruhe?

    These are all those who attribute important functions to the state. With such an attitude you can win elections against an unpopular government, as Milei demonstrated impressively. But winning majorities in Congress like this would be very difficult. And with only 38 deputies for his Libertad Avanza (Freedom Advances) in a Chamber of Deputies of 257 seats and...

  15. Newsletter III 2024 - January 14th to 20th - Current news + Psychological explanations for doing nothing

    This is the “people”, AfD! The Germans stand up. Against the AfD. Against fascism. This, dear AfD, is the “people” that you always claim you speak for. That is the majority of Germans! And they don't want you! In response to the Correctiv research, the AfD is dropping its masks - and is now at the latest acknowledging the key code words of the extreme right....

  16. Newsletter II 2024 - January 7th to 13th - News+ SMR: US developers of mini-nuclear power plants under pressure - class action lawsuit by shareholders against NuScale Power

    agricultural subsidiaries, the largest German corporate group... * Constitutional Protection | Right-wing extremism | Anti-Semitism | Responsibility of BfV President Haldenwang "The silent majority must wake up" In the Contrast interview, President of the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution Haldenwang calls on the "silent majority" of society to stand up for democracy. Dangers from right-wing extremism...

  17. Newsletter I 2024 - January 1st to 6th - News+ - The necessary change needs more support

    that the corresponding budgets may be reduced less than planned in the first draft of the traffic light coalition from last June. At the same time, the cuts primarily affect the majority of citizens and the area of ​​social services. They are not undisputed even within the traffic light coalition. This is shown, among other things, by the debate about the...

  18. Newsletter LI 2023 - December 17th to 23rd - Current news + steps towards climate change, unsettled OPEC and loving politics

    Draft constitution failed in referendum in Chile. A conversation with Nancy Larenas Nancy Larenas is chairwoman of the German section of the Communist Party of Chile. A clear majority of Chileans rejected the right-wing draft constitution on Sunday. Are you relieved? Nancy Larenas: Of course! We are very relieved and have worked hard to...

  19. Newsletter L 2023 - December 10th to 16th - News+ The tail wags the dog and those on the right lead us by the nose ring “Back to the Future”

    In October, he vetoed key sections of legislation passed by Congress that threatened indigenous land rights. Representatives and senators voted again for the law with a clear majority. This meant that supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro and his allies in the powerful agricultural industry prevailed. Now only land can be used as a protected area in the future...

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

    it has definitely been moved into the realm of legend. The government has agreed with the world's second-largest electricity producer, which it has always controlled through a state shareholding majority of 84 percent, to increase the price of electricity from the nuclear reactors by 67 percent to 70 euros per megawatt hour (MWh). However, this increase will not come until 2026... *...

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