diE gRüNeN wOlLeN uNs UnSeRe aUtOs wEgNehMeN!!!

Thanks Merkel

Let's not forget the excellent work of Peter Altmaier in that regard:

https://www-n--tv-de.translate.goog/politik/Einbruch-bei-der-Photovoltaik-article7193576.html?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=de&_x_tr_pto=wapp

Altmaier is pleased

Slump in photovoltaics

11.09.2012, 6:53 pm

Peter Altmaier speaks in the Bundestag for the first time as Environment Minister. He sees the slump in the expansion of photovoltaics as a success. At the same time he is committed to the energy transition. The opposition is sceptical: Black/Yellow coalition government is making a mess of the energy transition. This cannot be "twittered away".

Federal Environment Minister Peter Altmaier sees initial successes in the attempt to avoid additional costs by expanding renewable energies too quickly. In July, the construction of new solar plants had reached an output of 540 megawatts in July and 320 megawatts in August, said the CDU politician when discussing his ministry's budget in the Bundestag. In June it was still around 1800 and at the almost 4400 megawatts in the first half of the year. The boom in the first half of the year was also triggered by the announcement of the cuts. The subsidy payments factored into the price of electricity had been cut before the summer break in order to contain costs somewhat. "This shows that our joint law is starting to take effect, working," said Altmaier.

Altmaier defended his demand that that the expansion of renewable energies cannot continue unabated. For example, nobody could be interested in solar roofs and wind turbines without electricity grids. "A lot has been neglected in the past."

FDP wants full stop

The generation of electricity from wind, biomass or solar energy is growing significantly faster than planned by the government. As a result, subsidies are also increasing, there are growing calls within the coalition to reorganise subsidies and and put the brakes on expansion. While the FDP and the Ministry of Economic Affairs want to push through new regulations before the federal election in the autumn of 2013, Altmaier has described this as unrealistic. However, Altmaier has also called a revision of the subsidisation necessary. "It is not only important that the energy transition succeeds, it also depends on how it succeeds," he said.

"You can't tweet that away"

SPD environmental politician Matthias Miersch criticised Altmaier's comments, saying that he was doing the business of the opponents of the energy transition in the coalition. This would drive up electricity costs for SMEs and consumers, as the government had tripled the number of companies exempted from the costs of subsidising green electricity. This means that households and small businesses have to pay all the more, said Miersch. In addition, the prices for electricity on the exchanges had fallen due to the increase in green electricity. However, the large suppliers were not passing this on to consumers. Sven-Christian Kindler from the Greens criticised that Altmaier should stand up for renewable energies and put the brakes on their opponents in his own ranks. The FDP is even talking about a moratorium on expansion. "The energy turnaround with Black-Yellow means: this is the turnaround against renewable energies," he said. He added that the black/yellow coalition was making a mess of the energy transition. "You, Minister Altmaier, can't witter that away either," said Kindler. The accusation led to a brief exchange of blows on Twitter. Altmaier wrote about and to Kindler: "I suspect he's somehow jealous! ;-)" And Kindler replied: "Nope. Good Twitter performance is no substitute for bad environmental policy. You can't tweet failure in the energy transition beautifully".

In the Bundestag, Altmaier emphasised that the energy transition is a key project. "If we can show that we are economically successful with a new energy policy, this will be emulated in other countries." Oil, gas and coal would then be increasingly replaced by renewable energies and climate protection would be advanced accordingly.

And thanks all the peoplethat voted against efforts to move to renewables, continue to block themand opposed a law that would transition us away from fossil heating.

I believe those people are called "conservatives".

Thanks Merkel for keeping us dependent on russian gas.

And let's thank the SPD for making us depend on russian gas in the first place.

The Putin puppets (AFD, FN, Fidez,..):

1. Reject push for renewable energy (muh coal, muh diesel)
2. "Subsidies are fascist"
3. "Wah, wah, can't afford my environment destroying car/heater anymore"
4. "Thanks Obama"

I'm not familiar with German newspapers, do you have an article from another newspaper I could replace the link with?

Okay, OP already changed the link, cause I thought "since when is destatis rightwing?"

If you have old people as neighbours above and below you'll sit at 23°C without ever turning the radiator on in the deepest winter.

Yeah I was going to ask, what is proper indoor temperature for Germany anyway, like 18°C?

You need to put on the heater in many homes because otherwise you will get mold. It depends on the house, of course. Doesn't matter how much you cross ventilate. :(

I feel offended that you seem to be right, because I'm a German and I rarely heat at all.

but then the rent gets more expensive for everyone? or am i dumb?

That assumes everyone experiences heat and coldness the same which isn't the case. I for example need around 20 degrees to feel alright in warm clothing. But on the other hand I am fine in around 43 degrees in the summer and wouldn't use any AC below that.

Also young kids and older people have different needs as well.

If you wanted to regulate this, the time and money needed to care for everyone who get an exception from this rule could likely be used instead to heat everyone's home.

For just sitting around 18 or 16°C is way too cold.

Even in warm clothing.

I wish I could do that. Unfortunately my rented flat requires 23°C of heating to prevent mold thanks to bad windows that cannot be fixed due to the house community not wanting to pay for replacing them. And yes I'm practicing proper venting, supported with several devices for timing. I'm so glad I'll be moving out soon.

If you put on some warm clothes, 18°C are absolutely fine.

Not if you're very young, very old, or have any one of an endless list of health conditions

I think there are also different mentalities. Just last winter, I had a similar discussion, where someone explained to me that the room heating is meant to fully offset the temperature, so he can walk summer and winter in shorts, t-shirt and barefoot. So it's 23°C in winter.

While I'm used to wearing jogging pants and socks indoor during winter, so 18°C is fine for me.

Then again, you also have to adjust for personal preferences, different sex, different heating infrastructure etc. But 23°C to go shorts and barefoot in winter was an extreme reveal to me, that people do something like this as well.

there is studies that concluded an increased risk of getting colds, when the indoor temperature is consistently below 20 °C