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

    Environmental goals torpedoed The dream of feasibility easily reconciles rearmament and climate protection. Why this is an illusion - and how society is being remilitarized. Eternal growth in a world with finite resources is an illusion that many of us grew up with. The goddess of light decorated the old power plants. In the name of revitalized progress...

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

    Creativity and automation of repetitive tasks." The combined power consumption of Big Tech firms is predicted to exceed that of some developed countries due to the hyper-exponential growth of data centers (DCs). "One thing is clear: data centers are here to stay, and a sustainable growth planning process is crucial...

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

    of fossil energies, electricity prices that are too high. She is calling for help for the German solar industry. Ms. Kemfert, the German economy is weak, the federal government only expects growth of 0,2 percent. In addition to lower taxes and a reduction in bureaucracy, business associations are also urgently calling for lower energy prices. What should happen here? Claudia Kemfert: The only reason energy prices are...

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

    country. Manufacturing rose by 0,6 percent month-on-month in December, the statistics office said. Analysts had expected a slight decline. Additionally, output growth was revised upwards in November. February 14th Nuclear Powers Nuclear Forces France and the UK: Own interests Europe's two nuclear powers have been modernizing their nuclear arsenals for some time now...

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

    to hear from the larger party. On the contrary: Ministers Christian Lindner (FDP) and Robert Habeck (Greens) are currently calling for the solidarity surcharge to be abolished because it allegedly endangers growth. Only a tiny group would have to give up a part that was easy for them to get over in order to solve the problem... * Hydrogen | Occurrence | Mine Geoscience Huge...

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

    Voß, says: "I think it is now time to decide that such nuclear waste will remain at the sites until a final solution is found."... * Europe | Military | Armament Explosive growth: Europe's military spending on the rise EU military budgets under scrutiny: Find out more about the controversial decisions in European arms policy. The military spending of...

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

    have risen to a new high of over 2023 billion euros in Germany in 18. Compared to the previous record year of 2022 with revenue of 13 billion euros, this is growth of around 40 percent. This is reported by the German Emissions Trading Authority (DEHSt) in the Federal Environment Agency (UBA). The proceeds flow entirely into the Climate and Transformation Fund (KTF), which acts as...

  8. THTR Circular No. 156, December 2023

    to build decentralized wind and solar systems in Namibia. But this project is not about the people of Namibia. It is more about keeping the hunger for energy and the economic system in the Federal Republic of Germany, which is geared towards waste and growth, running in the future. Manfred Fishick, President of the renowned Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy, has proven that...

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

    make up a smaller share of the national economy than in Eisenhower's time. This is true, but irrelevant. There is no reason why Pentagon spending should keep pace with the growth of the overall economy, which is now six times larger than it was in 1961. But no one in their right mind is proposing a sixfold increase in the...

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

    The installed capacity will therefore climb from around 204.000 MW (204 GW) in 2022 to over 500.000 MW (500 GW) in 2030. In order to achieve this goal, a significant acceleration of growth is required. The EU Commission wants to get wind energy expansion and the European wind industry on track with a new package of measures... * Solar energy from space For...

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

    William Rees from the University of British Columbia, but with the scientific revolution and the use of fossil fuels, humanity has so far been able to achieve exponential growth. In the last two centuries, humanity has increased from one billion to 8 billion on a limited planet, which corresponds to a 100-fold increase. This will...

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

    I was impressed by the photovoltaic trade fair in Shanghai. The ecological technological advances are enormous. If nothing happens, German companies risk sinking into insignificance. Both the growth and innovative strength of Chinese production capacities not only for photovoltaics (PV), but also for batteries, e-mobility, heat pumps, electrolyzers and other emission-free...

  13. Newsletter XXI 2023 - 21 to 27 May - News+ World Biodiversity Day: Will the plan to restore Europe's biodiversity fail?

    Analyzed countries where a lot has happened in recent years. Which countries have succeeded in expanding solar or wind power? Where is there not just continuous growth, but a big leap? Vietnam, Denmark, Kenya, Portugal and Chile, for example, show under very different conditions that change is possible... * FDP | BILD newspaper | Heating law...

  14. Newsletter XVII 2023 - April 23rd to 29th - News+ Faulty SPD, self-deception at 1,5 degrees and war as a climate destroyer

    the warm counterpart, El Niño, is on, so that 2024 could possibly set new temperature records... News+ Background knowledge *** News+ ** Climate protection | Climate killer war | Limits to growth Faulty SPD, self-deception at 1,5 degrees and war as a climate destroyer Climate protection will only exist if social and ecological goals form a unity from the start, instead of the social...

  15. Newsletter XII 2023 - March 19th to 25th - News+ The poison of doubt is the sugar for the bastard

    which is available to the Editorial Network Germany (RND). The data basis was the market master data register of the Federal Network Agency. The increase in systems is accompanied by exponential growth in storage systems - it is now standard for the modules on the roof to be accompanied by a battery in the basement. According to calculations by the Federal Solar Industry Association (BSW), in the previous...

  16. Newsletter X 2023 - March 5th to 11th - News+ Dangerous toxins: Which products contain PFAS

    Percent. Emissions rose particularly in electricity and heat generation. In this sector, CO2 emissions increased by 1,8 percent and reached 14,6 billion tons. The reason for the growth in emissions in the electricity and heat sectors was the switch from gas to coal. The IEA experts had actually expected even more emissions. "The effects of the energy crisis have not...

  17. Newsletter VII 2023 - February 12th to 18th - News+ Buzzword climate neutrality, saviors of the fossil lobby and the talk of alarmism

    SVK February 2010 (INES ? Class?) Nuclear power plant Vermont Yankee, USA * We are looking for current information. If you can help, please send a message to: nucleare-welt@reaktorpleite.de *** February 18th Growth | Green energy | Shrinking Green energy is too expensive: Green shrinking is the order of the day A new study shows that “green growth” is an illusion. Because the green energy that powers our technology...

  18. Newsletter V 2023 - January 29 to February 4 - News+ Je suis mud monk

    Raw materials and the availability of land do not represent a real obstacle to a global energy system based on solar energy. Accordingly, the forecasts for photovoltaic growth should not focus on large power plants, but also consider vertical systems, agri-photovoltaics and floating solar power plants as a source of future large market volumes. Because with...

  19. Newsletter II 2023 - January 8th to 14th - News+ We have already won

    What does the evacuation of Lützerath mean for the Greens, whose leading energy expert you were during your time in the Bundestag, and your relationship with the climate movement? Hans-Josef Fell: If the strong growth in green electricity, triggered by the Renewable Energy Act of 2000, had continued, we would already be at around 100 percent today. All brown coal power plants would be superfluous, Lützerath...

  20. Newsletter XLVIII 2022 - December 01st to 07th - News+ The New York Times and the new climate deniers

    ... *** December 05th Namibia | Green hydrogen | Ammonia Investment in green hydrogen: Good for the neighboring continent Green hydrogen from Namibia will not help achieve green growth here. It is still needed – for Africa’s climate neutrality. There is nothing to say against the project: Germany will invest 10 billion euros in Namibia to...

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