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    and later described the impact on the environment as not being "notably large"... See: The incident SPIEGEL article 'Sparkling eyes' News+ Background knowledge Top of page News+ Heat pump | Fossils | Bad investments in oil and gas heating systems Too much patience with blockers, 20 necessary power plant years and "stranded investments" in the boiler room Calendar week 18: The blatant...

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

    2024 by several cents per kilowatt hour. As long as you have a price guarantee, your provider cannot pass on higher network fees to you. In the future, more electricity will be needed for electric cars and heat pumps. Wind turbines and photovoltaic systems can produce electricity very cheaply, but it is still uncertain how electricity prices will develop in the energy transition. *BDEW...

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

    Share of almost 20 percent for new registrations; To achieve the goal of 15 million electric cars in 2030, the proportion must increase to 90 percent in the coming years. 2023 was a record year for heat pumps, but also for gas heating; Around 2,5 times more fossil heating systems were sold than climate-neutral heating systems. 4. With the Karlsruhe budget ruling, the financing of climate protection investments...

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

    The long-lasting substances are used in food packaging, cookware, rainproof clothing, textiles, furniture, toilet paper and in refrigerants that were until recently used in heat pumps. But they are increasingly found where they are undesirable: in wastewater, ground and drinking water and in food. The substances were used for the first time in...

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

    but used to promote heating, building renovation, green steel production, charging stations for electric cars and so on." The FDP leader added: "In short, because one household receives funding for a heat pump, a few hundred others cannot receive climate money that year get paid out." "You can't spend the money twice," emphasized the finance minister. "The climate money would...

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

    brutalization of public discussion. As a result, many homeowners were and are unsure about which heating system will be suitable for their house in the future. The installation of heat pumps suffered a significant setback and new gas and oil heating systems received an unexpected boost. The high willingness of many people to invest in renewable energy after the energy crisis...

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

    The perception of large parts of the population links necessary climate protection measures with the increase in social injustice. I just mention the term "heating hammer"... * Sustainability | Heat pump | Waste water Dutch city planners throw themselves down the drain in search of heat Sustainability While there is a debate in Germany about Robert Habeck's heating law, the...

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

    with group-related misanthropy against certain marked population groups. These components are attractive, and you have to interpret election results based on them... * Energy transition | Heat pump | District heating Energy transition at the sea: Large-scale heat pump is better than coal A new type of seawater heat pump is currently being built in the Danish coastal town of Esbjerg. From next year it will be the local...

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

    dollars per day. Every day, for fifty years. Profit, not sales. Corporations have earned the most in the last 20 years. In 2022 they set a new record... * Energy transition | Heat pump | Smart Meter Energy Transition Index: Germany is lagging behind when it comes to smart meters and heat pumps According to a study in the European...

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

    in Saudi Arabia, Syria and Israel. All of these countries would already be dying of thirst, they wouldn't be able to grow a tomato if they didn't use these technologies." * Energy transition | Heat pump | Heating costs How heat pumps reduce heating costs by a third The tariffs for electricity and gas have increased significantly in recent months has become cheaper. The operators of...

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

    The fact that only 13 wind turbines were started in the first three quarters is striking. In this green stronghold of all places, the energy transition is being delayed... * Baden-Württemberg | Heat pump | District heating Huge river heat pump in Mannheim heats district heating households A river heat pump has officially gone into operation on the site of the large Mannheim power plant. The system draws...

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

    plant trees! Electricity tax https://www.ecosia.org/search?q=Electricity tax ZEIT ONLINE April 7, 2023 - Six ideas on how electricity can become cheaper The battery car is charged at the socket, the heat pump is operated electrically. But the electricity required for this is expensive in Germany. That could be changed... * Wikipedia Eco tax (Germany) The term eco tax describes a number of tax policy...

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

    Federal Government: By expanding the generation options for renewable electricity, it will become cheaper - and thus convince even the last doubters to switch to electric cars, heat pumps and solar systems. But currently electricity is expensive, much more expensive than natural gas or oil. Consumers currently pay around 30 cents per kilowatt hour for electricity, of which around...

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

    Germany actually spent twice as much money (110 percent) on road transport. 278,4 billion euros went into roads, only 132 billion euros into rail... * Denmark | Heat pump | District heating A heat pump for an entire city The world's largest heat pump of its kind is currently being built in Esbjerg, Denmark, designed and built by an Augsburg company. Why is technology used in...

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

    Bayer AG took over Monsanto in 2018 and has "a leading position" in the global rankings, Bayer spokesman Utz Klages tells DW... * Great Britain | Fossil lobby | Gas industry leak: Anti-heat pump campaign in UK financed by gas lobby The media culture war over the heating law and the heat transition continues, not only in Germany, but also in many countries. Just recently...

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

    Private customers benefit. Although high electricity prices provide an incentive to save more energy, they also stand in the way of the shift from fossil to renewable sources - for example in cars and heat pumps. Whether these are profitable depends crucially on the price difference between electricity and fossil fuels. But instead of ensuring an appropriately small distance, governments...

  17. Newsletter XXX 2023 - July 23-29 - News+ Chomsky: What happens when orders from Washington are not followed?

    Exchange of warm and cold water masses. Part of the current system is the Gulf Stream, which is so important for the European climate. Especially for northwest and northern Europe, it acts as a kind of heat pump, without which it would be five to ten degrees colder on average. A study now published in the journal Nature Communications now gives cause for concern. It is exactly this drop in temperature that could...

  18. Newsletter XXV 2023 - June 18th to 24th - News+ US war machine: Many knew, only he disagreed

    in 2022 per 100.000 human lives. Yes, this is all happening at the same time, while right-wing populists like Markus Söder and Hubert Aiwanger try to convince us that extremely efficient heat pumps are something like the devil himself... * Drinking water | PFAS | Eternity poison "Post-It" manufacturer 3M fined billions for contaminated drinking water The...

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

    to sink into insignificance. Both the growth and the innovative strength of Chinese production capacities, not only for photovoltaics (PV), but also for batteries, e-mobility, heat pumps, electrolysers and other emission-free technologies, continue to be breathtaking - starting from a high level. Greening activities in major cities and even deserts are...

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

    electricity tax and other taxes would be reduced. * United States | Heating law | Natural gas gas heating: The dispute is also raging in the USA. The US state of Washington is suspending decisions on heat pumps in new buildings. Final decision in August. That's what the dispute is about. There is an ongoing dispute over gas heating and heat pumps not only in Germany, but also in the USA...

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