Zero the Hero

August 23, 2023 By Hermann Observer in Hard Facts, Helplessness, Hideology Tags: Climate, CO2, Germany, Greens, Net Zero, Renewables Leave a comment

Our Green superhero.

Only Kryptonite (also green) can stop him – otherwise known as the real world.

Germany set to miss net zero by 2045 target as climate efforts falter – German goals to cut greenhouse emissions by 65% by 2030 are likely to be missed, meaning a longer-term net zero by a 2045 target is also in doubt, reports by government climate advisers and the Federal Environment Agency (UBA) show.

The European Union has sought to be a climate leader and Germany has set itself more ambitious targets than the bloc as a whole, but in many countries politics and the economic crisis have pushed the climate crisis down the agenda.

It’s much too dry, dry, dry!

August 7, 2023 By Hermann Observer in Habitudes, Hard Facts, Helplessness, Hideology, Hysteria Tags: Activists, Business, Climate, Climate Change, Climate Crisis, CO2, Fear, Germany, Panic, Rain Leave a comment

Was yesterday (or the past few years).

Now it’s much too wet, wet, wet! All it does is rain in Germany these days. But don’t worry, because you’re still allowed to worry. Ask any climate activist. In both cases “the Climate Crisis” is to blame. It’s science. I mean, pseudoscience.

Rhine river levels in Germany back to normal after rain – Heavy rain has raised water on the river Rhine in Germany to levels allowing cargo vessels to sail fully loaded, data from German inland waterways agency WSA said on Wednesday.

Data from the WSA’s website Pegelonline showed that the last shallow sectors of the river around Cologne had now reached levels generally permitting full vessel loads.

Dry weather in June meant the river became too shallow for vessels to sail fully loaded and ship operators imposed surcharges on freight rates to compensate for vessels sailing partly empty, increasing costs for cargo owners.

“Ready for take-off.”

July 14, 2023 By Hermann Observer in Habitudes, Hard Facts, Helplessness, Hideology Tags: Activists, Airports, Climate, Germany, Glue, Last Generation, Runways Leave a comment

“Permission for take-off granted.”

Climate activists block runways at 2 German airports, disrupting flights for hours – Climate activists blocked flights at two German airports for several hours Thursday in protest against the most polluting form of transportation, and to demand tougher government action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

The group Last Generation said several of its members entered the grounds of Hamburg Airport around 6 a.m. (0400 GMT) and glued themselves to the runway on the first day of the school vacation in the north German city.

Dozens of flights were canceled and 10 arrivals had to be diverted to other airports, Germany’s dpa news agency reported.

It’s not a slowdown…

July 6, 2023 By Hermann Observer in Hard Facts, Heconomy, Helplessness, Hideology, Hysteria Tags: Climate, Consumers, Cost, Courts, Economy, Energy, Gas, German, Germany, Greens, Language, Laws, Politicians, Renewables, SPD, Tricks Leave a comment

It’s more like a Vollbremsung. That’s German for full braking or emergency stop.

Germany’s highest court just cancelled the Green’s latest rush-rush trick, I mean plan to save the planet at German taxpayers’ expense.

Germany’s Green Slowdown – While voters may still broadly support net zero goals, they’re not necessarily on board with the escalating costs of the transition.

… Today, it’s the Greens’ proposed ban on new gas boilers in homes that’s causing trouble. Against a backdrop of sliding poll ratings, the party’s partners in the coalition forced a dilution of the plan last month in a package that also included a massive road-building program.

In another blow to the policy — dubbed Habeck’s Heating Hammer by the opposition — Germany’s constitutional court has made a highly unusual intervention in the legislative process and ordered the government to give parliament more time to scrutinize the plan.

Only 580?

June 11, 2023 By Hermann Observer in Habitudes, Hard Facts, Helplessness, Hideology, Hysteria Tags: Activists, Climate, Last Generation, Protests Leave a comment

What about all the offenses taken by countless others who have to watch them and hear about them all the time?

Germany accuses climate activists of 580 offenses – Germany found that 740 people were involved in 580 different offenses committed by the climate activist group Last Generation.

Green Hydrogen?

May 12, 2023 By Hermann Observer in Habitudes, Hard Facts, Helplessness, Hideology Tags: Climate, CO2, Energy, Greens, Hydrogen, Politicians, Renewables Leave a comment

Do you mean green like in pink unicorns or like in red herrings?

I see. As in both.

How Germany’s Hydrogen Boom Stalled – Green hydrogen has the potential to heat millions of homes and keep German industry humming. So far, though, a lack of the environmentally friendly gas and the infrastructure needed to transport it have prevented its wide-scale use.

Welcome to the sobering hydrogen reality. While Germany hopes that it will soon be able to run basement gas heating systems on hydrogen, steel manufacturers are converting their production to the green gas at a cost of billions and energy companies are planning new power plants that will generate electricity from hydrogen, almost everything needed to make the climate-neutral dreams a reality in the near future is still lacking. The environmentally friendly hydrogen is missing, as are the pipeline networks to carry it across the country, not to mention reliable business models.

Talk The Talk

May 11, 2023 By Hermann Observer in Habitudes, Hard Facts, Helplessness, Hideology Tags: Climate, Climate Hysteria, Costs, Economy, Energy, Greens, Politics, Polls, SPD Leave a comment

But walk the walk? And give up one of my many annual vacations, say?

Thanks, but we’ll just stick to the talking, if you don’t mind.

This, folks, is “saving the planet” rhetoric in a nutshell.

Germans Want Climate Policy – Just Not in Their Homes. A new law about home heating reveals political constraints on the energy transition.

Polls show that Germans are earnestly worried about the climate crisis and in favor of more climate action. The fallout of global warming is one of their most pressing concerns, indeed as it is across Europe. And yet, when it comes to modifying their lifestyles or paying higher prices to curb emissions, most say they’re not willing, or only as much as it doesn’t sting.

Country Saving The Planet Consumes Enough For Three

May 4, 2023 By Hermann Observer in Habitudes, Hard Facts, Helplessness, Hideology, Hurt Feelings Tags: Climate, Consumption, Earth Overshoot Day, German, Germans, Germany, Greens, Language, Overconsumption, Overshoot Leave a comment

“Am deutschen Wesen soll die Welt genesen.” That’s something like: The world shall be healed following the German way.

Overconsumption: Germany needs 3 planets – On May 4, Germany exhausted its capacity to sustain itself. This “earth overshoot” will be compensated by taking finite resources from poorer countries — and future generations.

Despite the economic slowdown due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Germany has now overreached its sustainable biological limits.

Meanwhile, this year’s global Earth Overshoot Day is, like last year, projected to be around July 28.

Germans Finally Ready For That Third Try

April 26, 2023 By Hermann Observer in Habitudes, Hard Facts, Helplessness, Hideology Tags: Climate, CO2, Energy, Heat, Hysteria, Polls, Renewables, Surveys Leave a comment

To save the world.

I mean, planet. To save the planet, of course.

Most Germans ready to make sacrifices for planet — survey – Germans said they were prepared to cut their heat use and fly less to help tackle climate change. But most are reluctant to give up meat and their cars, according to a YouGov poll.

Two-thirds of Germans are willing to make a personal sacrifice to protect the planet against climate change, a new survey published Sunday suggested.

The YouGov survey on behalf of Welt am Sonntag newspaper also found 43% were willing to fly less often, while 40% were prepared to use less heat.

The participants, however, said they were reluctant to accept curbs on what they could eat. Less than a third (27%) said they were prepared to change their diet.

People Try To Put Us Down

April 24, 2023 By Hermann Observer in Habitudes, Hard Facts, Helplessness, Hideology, High Art, Humor Tags: Activists, Berlin, Climate, Demonstrations, Germans, Germany, Glue, Last Generation, Protests Leave a comment

Just because we st-st-stick around.

Don’t wanna move from this location. Talking bout my Last Generation!

I’m shocked. And stunned. That 1) this could still be considered “news” and 2) that anyone anywhere could possibly find it of any interest.

German climate protesters glue themselves to Berlin streets – Last Generation climate protesters have caused widespread traffic disruption in the German capital. “We will no longer accept that the government has no plan to stop the destruction of our livelihoods,” the group said.

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