“ It is simply impossible to just drop everything and replace it with nothing . It just doesn ’ t work .”
è The scientific community has been pointing out this problem for decades . Has the economy overslept and therefore magnified the problems ? Yes , you could say that . It took time for the idea of climate protection to develop out from schools and universities . In the years from 2000 to 2007 , we had a period without a rise in temperature . All of the forecasts imploded because they were all wrong . And that is why it took a long time for the conviction to prevail that climate change had begun . There are still very influential political figures in the world today who deny this change .
è Then why wasn ’ t it implemented much earlier , and more forcefully ? In the early stages of the discussion , the theory of consistent avoidance was the wrong approach , because it was clear from the beginning that it would not work . Climate protection and avoidance have been linked together for far too long . If we had made it clear from the outset that we had to solve the problem with technology , we would be much further along today .
è Is there now a completely different consensus on climate protection then , even in the business world ? Yes , that ’ s right . In the beginning , the climate protectors , today ’ s Greens , were a collection of dreamers . But after a few years , the Greens were the only ones who had created a sustainable , long-term , and intelligently constructed
environmental and energy policy , which was then driven forward through many many legislative periods .
Today , we are generating around 55 percent of our electricity from renewable energies . This would not have been possible without the Greens and their clear , strategic , sustainable approach . After all , we have not just abandoned nuclear energy , but have massively entered the field of renewable energy . It is simply impossible to just drop everything and replace it with nothing – it just doesn ’ t work .
è But is it true that we really have to step on the gas at this exact moment , right now ? Of course . And if the German state wants to drive things forward , then it must start right there . When I think of the Upper Lusatia region , for example , and its structural change , I would go precisely there with large refineries to produce synthetic fuel . With 30 percent of all fuel produced for German mobility , many problems would be solved immediately . Jobs in the region , technological leadership , and also a much cleaner technology than the entire surface and underground mining industry today .
But I do not yet see this willingness to take risks . Even if there are no alternatives . We have to steer towards these new technological concepts . ( aj ) •
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