ᐅ The frequency of tornadoes in Germany is increasing significantly

driver55 schrieb:

Seal up the building, retreat to the basement (

Second part, agreed.

The first part is the question I’m asking myself. The windows are going to be ruined anyway if something like that hits me. Do I also have to drag the shutters down to their destruction? Americans in hurricane zones board up their windows. I can’t do that quickly enough.

How about shutters that can be closed?

BackSteinGotik schrieb:

How many social housing units do you have in your project? The minimum 33%, or more? How many traditional residential functions have been eliminated? Shared laundry room with communal washing machines (sharonomics), communal kitchen? Is the project completely without parking spaces, so car-free? Shared social spaces instead of private living rooms? What about inclusion? How many children per housing unit?

Or is it simply condominiums or something like townhouses within a regular multifamily housing complex with financially secure owner-occupiers? I'm curious, I like to take a closer look at co-housing projects.

Yes, it would be good if there were more projects that take all these factors into account. Unfortunately, it seems like there should be more of them. In our neighborhood, a huge new development is currently being built. As far as I can tell, they are all quite expensive condominiums. What a pity.

About our project: an old farmstead is being converted. Of course, it is also being renovated for energy efficiency. Where previously only two households lived, there will now be 9 condominiums of various sizes. At reasonable prices. I find this better than building a single-family house on a greenfield site. But I also understand that this is not for everyone. Some people simply need more space and more distance from their neighbors.

BackSteinGotik schrieb:

Why do you assume that I am frustrated? I just find it interesting when extremely simplistic slogans ("land consumption!!!") are shouted out completely out of context, without any real understanding of the topic. That doesn’t help to find a solution, quite the opposite.

I’ll try again. Unfortunately, you are mistaken. If you search online using keywords like land sealing, evaporation, and climate, you will find plenty of information on the topic and how these aspects are interrelated.

The best thing for the Earth – no, the Earth doesn’t care. The best thing for fauna would be if humans systematically shut down all nuclear power plants, then switched off all electrical devices, and then simply died out. But that won’t happen.

The best thing for future generations would be if we finally got off our lazy butts and abandoned our selfish attitude. If EVERYONE contributed a little, that would already make a big difference. But that won’t happen, let’s be honest. Our children will have to pay the price. Sometimes, when I’m feeling really pessimistic, I blame myself for being selfish enough to want to have a child. They won’t have it any easier than we do, and who knows what challenges await us in old age.

Aside from the abstract issue of climate, we don’t even need to look that far. Just take a look at the “social” system, which includes all professions that involve working with people. It starts with the poor, horrible, and underpaid working conditions of educators, caregivers, and all hospital staff. I’m far from endorsing extreme forms of socialism, which, in my opinion, lead nowhere. But in this extremely profit-driven system we live in, it’s obviously not good – for anyone except those with abundant wealth. And even they will eventually realize that money can’t buy everything.

I’m drifting off-topic – what I wanted to say is that it’s probably impossible to reach enough people to make timely enough changes. Even small changes don’t work, so how could large ones really make a difference?

Müllerin schrieb:

The best thing for the Earth – no, the Earth doesn’t care. The best for wildlife would be if humans shut down all nuclear power plants in a controlled way, then turned off all electrical systems, and then died out. But that will not happen.

The best for future generations would be if we finally got off our lazy backsides and abandoned our selfish attitudes. If EVERYONE contributed their small part, that would already make a big difference. But that won’t happen, let’s not kid ourselves.
Our children will pay the price. Sometimes, when I feel really down, I blame myself for being so selfish to want to have a child. They won’t have it any easier than we do, and who knows what awaits us in old age.

Apart from that, we don’t even need to look at the abstract climate issue. It’s enough to just look at the “social” system, which I count all jobs working with people in. It starts with the terrible, poor, and underpaid working conditions of educators, caregivers, and all hospital staff. I am far from supporting extreme forms of socialism, which in my opinion lead nowhere, but this extremely profit-driven system we live in is obviously not good either – for no one except those who have money in abundance. And even they will eventually realize they can’t buy everything.

I digress – what I wanted to say is that we probably will never reach enough people to change things in time. It doesn’t even work on a small scale, so how should it be enough on a large scale to really make a difference.

Please, not again with the “caregivers and educators earn so little” – half-truths. The fact is that caregivers’ wages have risen significantly in recent years and are now at a good to very good level. Due to the shortage of caregivers, hospitals cannot afford to let them go even if some perform poorly, lack motivation, or are frequently ill. Unfortunately, this leads to the diligent ones becoming increasingly demotivated. The fact is that hospitals, especially private ones, cannot simply adjust salaries because they do not set the prices themselves; these are fixed externally. The fact is, my wife is a teacher earning about €5,200 gross per month. So please, let’s drop this pub debate and get back to the actual topic.