Good morning,
I just received a steep price increase from my energy provider enercity, raising the cost to 15 cents per kWh starting in August. That’s really tough, and I think prices will rise even further.
It’s a strange feeling to be thrown back so quickly into an energy supply situation where you have to figure out how to keep the house warm. It seems to me that the government has given up on the goal of enabling everyone to adequately cover at least their basic needs.
Goodbye central supply structures; now the winner is whoever has solar panels and a heat pump in their new build, while the others are left out.
Welcome back, coal heating 😕
Frustrated regards,
I just received a steep price increase from my energy provider enercity, raising the cost to 15 cents per kWh starting in August. That’s really tough, and I think prices will rise even further.
It’s a strange feeling to be thrown back so quickly into an energy supply situation where you have to figure out how to keep the house warm. It seems to me that the government has given up on the goal of enabling everyone to adequately cover at least their basic needs.
Goodbye central supply structures; now the winner is whoever has solar panels and a heat pump in their new build, while the others are left out.
Welcome back, coal heating 😕
Frustrated regards,
sergutsh schrieb:
Um... There was something... – right! Wasn't the SPD in government during the period you mentioned? And aren't they still part of the current government? ;-) Yes, but let's be honest. They are just followers. They never spoke up back then, and even now, nothing comes from them. The SPD is simply always involved just to be involved. Scholz only became chancellor because he never stood out.
The only difference to the CDU is that the SPD doesn’t obstruct and isn’t so backward-looking. That currently works in our favor.
@jrth2151
Overall, I agree except for this part:
The fact is that other parties currently in power have also significantly contributed to the energy crisis and dependencies—not just in the last 16 years but well before that. I would mention the approval of Nord Stream 1 alone.
Well, you really have some catching up to do. We owe a lot to the SPD regarding aspects that affect all our lives here in Germany (e.g., the Hartz IV mess, Nord Stream, etc.).
Overall, I agree except for this part:
jrth2151 schrieb:
We must not forget that the CDU led things into trouble over the past years, and now we have to deal with the consequences. I think blaming the current government for this is wrong. They have achieved more in the last few months than the CDU did in the past 16 years.
The fact is that other parties currently in power have also significantly contributed to the energy crisis and dependencies—not just in the last 16 years but well before that. I would mention the approval of Nord Stream 1 alone.
jrth2151 schrieb:
The SPD is just always there for the sake of being there.
Well, you really have some catching up to do. We owe a lot to the SPD regarding aspects that affect all our lives here in Germany (e.g., the Hartz IV mess, Nord Stream, etc.).
Mycraft schrieb:
@jrth2151
Overall, I agree except for this part:
The fact is that other parties currently in power were significantly involved in the energy crisis and dependencies, not only in the last 16 years but well before that. I would just mention the approval of Nord Stream 1 alone.Yes, but 16 years ago the situation was very different—both politically and socially. For example, if we had started the transition 5 years ago, we would be much further along by now. The point I want to make is that the CDU is still the same party as 16 years ago, but all other parties and society have changed a lot since then. Technical possibilities today are also very different compared to 16 years ago.
Mycraft schrieb:
@jrth2151
Well, you really have some catching up to do. We owe a lot to the SPD regarding many things that affect all of us here in Germany, such as the Hartz IV issues, Nord Stream, and so on.In that case, it’s all the better that they are currently letting everyone else just get on with it.jrth2151 schrieb:
Yes, but 16 years ago the situation was very different, both politically and socially. If, for example, we had started the transition 5 years ago, we would be much further along by now. Yes, we actually began the transition about 22 years ago. However, the very parties now in power relied on natural gas as a temporary solution and successfully pushed that through. That is now causing us problems.
jrth2151 schrieb:
In that case, it’s all the better that they are currently just letting others get on with it. I’m certainly no fan of the Greens or their policies. But what Habeck and others have managed recently does give some cause for hope. Of course, there have been significant setbacks, but that’s just how politics works.
Mycraft schrieb:
I’m certainly no fan of the Greens or their policies. But what Habeck and his team have managed recently does give some reason for hope. Of course, there have been serious setbacks as well, but that’s how politics works. I’m not a fan either, but let’s be honest—I vote for the party that, in my opinion, delivers the best government performance and aims to provide us all with the best possible life according to my moral compass. Right now, that’s clearly the Greens by a wide margin. Everything else is just not worth considering.