The new year has begun and it is time for the blog series, which was received with much positive feedback to complete. The introduction makes a fairly populist story of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who last year gave a lecture ARA. He compared the current dependence on oil, with time as one during the slave trade in Great Britain, discussed why the slave trade Could be abolished:The abolition of the slave trade would be a massive loss of energy, the industry needs, and lead by the massive increase in energy costs would be massive competitive disadvantage compared to other colonial powers. Read More…

Actually, there should The blog post. arise in tariffs and subsidies for fossil fuels addition to the “obvious” things like tax breaks, I stumbled over the issue of external costs. I had engaged myself to a few years ago, but forget it, because it is rarely discussed.External costs of fossil energy sourcesThe external costs in the context of the FIT wants to treat because they are seen in the broadest sense to also as a subsidy. Read More…

Last Monday was on the ZDF channel info a repeat of the ZDF foreign journals. Suddenly started to contribute, let go of me no more since. “The forgotten oil spill in Nigeria” is a contribution of 6 minutes is quite something. Pictures of it, in fact, only in Hollywood movies such as Terminator knows The Niger Delta is on hundreds of square kilometers, oil-contaminated – and no one caresThe media coverage of the oil spill in the Gulf was probably only because of the immediate American concern! about. Read More…

At yesterday's informal Competitiveness Council in San Sebastián has made strong the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology and at European level for the topic of electric mobility. This is another important step towards a future-oriented, innovative and environmentally friendly mobility. Read More…

How Heise.de reports should be according to a U.S. study which has now become the first solar energy cheaper than nuclear power. The study from North Carolina covers a period from the late nineties and interpolates a development cost of the two technologies to 2020. The study aims to demonstrate that Is the new construction of nuclear power plants in any case be more expensiveAs the use of solar power – even at today's level of technology already. Read More…

Less dependence on oil: Biofuels can meet by 2020 one fifth of the German fuel consumption.Berlin, 14 July, 2010. Three months after the sinking of the oil rig Deepwater Horizon continue to flow up to 60,000 barrels of daily crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico. The extent of the environmental disaster is gigantic, but this amount is compared to petroleum consumption negligible: it just corresponds to the German demand for one hour. Read More…

Today I had the first opportunity to drive an electric car Think. A date took me to Vienna's Kahlenberg and I could also install a small mountain standing right in my driving test. The journey through Vienna's fun and there are several reasons: First, think of a For a small car with good accelerationAnd good driveability in urban traffic. Read More…

Well PleaseIt actually gives you . roof tiles, which are capable of converting pollutants from the air into nitrates. This is then washed away by rainwater from the roof surface.Can neutralize this is allegedly a roof area of ​​200 m² as much nitrogen oxides as a conventional car produces each year. Read More…