Climate skepticism in Germany now “a mass phenomenon”

This must be addressed immediately!

Germany: As temperatures rise, so does climate skepticism – Some 98% of active climate scientists say climate change is happening, and is man-made. Nonetheless, a new study shows the number of climate-change skeptics in Germany has increased. Why is that?

Climate skeptics are no longer a small but noisy minority. They are now “a mass phenomenon,” according to researchers at Flensburg University.

In a study published in the scientific journal Global Environmental Change, authors Katharina Gies and Emanuel Deutschmann reported that between 2022 and 2023 there was a big jump in skeptical attitudes to climate change among the majority of the 3,074 people surveyed. Some 59% said they had more doubts about climate change in 2023 than they had had in the previous year.

German of the day: Arbeitslosigkeit

That means unemployment.

Germany news: Unemployment tops 3 million as industry slumps – Over three million people are currently unemployed in Germany, with 1.1 million drawing unemployment checks, authorities say.

Germany’s employment agency recorded a jump of 71,000 in monthly unemployment numbers, pushing the total to over 3 million.

EU’s biggest economy reports 6.4% overall unemployment rate.

Maybe this turnaround of the previous turnaround…

Will finally turn things around.

Germany Is Reducing Its Subsidization of Renewables – Germany, with some of the highest electricity rates in the world, is reducing its subsidies on some renewable energy programs to better control costs and limit price increases.

Germany plans to scale back renewable-energy subsidies as the country overhauls its funding system, seeking to reduce energy transition costs and address growing pressure on the electricity grid.

German of the day: Blutung

That means hemorrhage.

Germany news: Industry hemorrhaging 15,000 jobs a month – Industry boss Tanja Gönner says the situation is critical but offers opportunity.

The head of the Federation of German Industries (BDI) says the country has become less competitive and called on politicians and business leaders to usher in a course correction.

“More investment is needed”

Duh. More investment (taxpayer subsidies) will always be needed because wind and solar don’t deliver.

Why Germany keeps switching off its solar and wind farms – and three ways to stop the problem…

Europe’s solar and wind farms are actively choosing not to produce energy, as experts warn more investment is needed in storage and flexible technologies.

A pattern seems to be developing here…

What, or who, could be the problem?

Rise in ramming attacks – The attack is the latest in a series that have left the country grappling with questions about public safety.

Six people were killed and hundreds injured when a car plowed into a Christmas market in Magdeburg in December 2024. Two months later, a car drove into trade union demonstrators in Munich, killing a woman and her two-year-old daughter. Two more people were killed in March 2025 when a car rammed into a crowd in Mannheim…

The Duracell Bunny we are not

Thanks again, China.

German battery maker Varta files insolvency applications – German battery manufacturer Varta has filed four ​insolvency applications, a spokesperson for ‌the Stuttgart district court said on Friday, marking another setback for ​the company.

Reuters reported on ​Thursday that Varta planned to ⁠file for insolvency after ​its shareholders sports car maker ​Porsche AG and Austrian investor Michael Tojner declined to provide additional funding ​to the struggling company.

Varta ​now faces a potential breakup: Key creditors, ‌including ⁠Deutsche Bank, intend to take over the profitable household battery business, while Tojner has ​expressed interest ​in ⁠the micro-battery division.

Varta lost its key customer ​in the spring: Apple ​plans ⁠to source the rechargeable “CoinPower” button cells for its AirPods headphones ⁠from ​China in the ​future.

Autonomous convoy to supply troops that aren’t there

This will help reduce risk to non-existent personnel back home as well.

Rheinmetall to Lead German Autonomous Supply Convoy Program – Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles has taken over management of the latest phase of Germany’s Interoperable Robotic Convoy (InterRoC) research program, advancing efforts to develop autonomous military logistics technologies.

Known as InterRoC VII, the program aims to enable different military vehicles to operate together in autonomous convoys with minimal human intervention.