The concept of baseline power is no longer needed. Scientists wrote about that for years now. Battery storage and smart grids are growing faster and cheaper than nuclear ever could.

One can put a lentil under the valve cap. The tire will deflate itself.

Thank you for the long and detailed answer. I know that the situation in Italy is very different to Germany (were I‘m from). Even from the outside it seems that the left struggles and keeps infighting for years now. The financial crisis has caused huge damage and they don’t have any answers.

In the end your last sentence is what it boils down to: They aren’t doing it right.

I don’t agree with your last paragraph. We face many crises today and to solve them is challenging our way of life. The political (far)right answers with simple, populist sentiments that will not solve anything: Just drive your car, just eat your meat, we need growth — look: migrants!

The left tries to explain very complex concepts, but all people hear is „you have to change your way of living“.

Volt is not part of the European Green Party. But within the EP European and national parties with overlapping goals form groupings. Volt joined the Green grouping (Greens/EFA) after the last election. As far as I know they might join the green grouping again or go with the liberal grouping (Renew/ALDE). They share goals with both of them. I would label them progressive liberals.

Here you go!

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Sad but true.

That is why we should have abandoned money as the single measurement for success years ago as well.

That is why we should have abandoned money as the single measurement for success years ago as well.

We surpassed peak Apple years ago.

Really enjoyed several play-throughs. OCC has a lengthy interview with the authors (of the book that is the basis for this game) on Nebula.

On a side note: Some days ago I started playing Urbek City Planner which is not as radical but gives me similar vibes.

Just to make it clear: there is no such thing as clean coal.

Imho Scandinavian prisons are a good example. I saw a documentary about an island where the prisoners can roam more or less freely, work and are reintroduced into society.

#fckmsk

Ulrich Schneider vom Paritätischen hat es meiner Meinung nach auf den Punkt gebracht: „Es geht nur ökosozial!“

Nach so vielen Jahren des Stillstands bewegt sich endlich wieder etwas in diesem Land.

Daher kommt ja die ganze Kritik! Die meisten Menschen in diese Land wollen leider gar keine Veränderungen. Es bleibt gefälligst alles so wie es ist!

Hatte die Ampel in ihrer Wahlrechtsreform nicht die Direktmandatsklausel gestrichen?

Darum ging es mir doch: Es machen freiwillig leider nicht genug.

Ich finde den Einwurf von Nachtigall aber auch sehr wichtig: Fossil-Subventionen (vor allem für Treibstoffe und in der Landwirtschaft) müssten als erstes weg — aber eben auch per Gesetz.

Dann sind Förderprogramme für bspw. Lastenräder (haben wir in Anspruch genommen) ja tatsächlich auch für die Fahrrad-„Industrie“ sinnvoll, weil sie Nachfrage (und damit Produktion) erhöhen und verstetigen.