Date: January 03, 2007
My own thoughts on what we personally could do
But there is also the personal level on which small-scale changes can be brought about. Without wanting to become too pathetic or swinging the moral bludgeon, let me say that revolution must come from the base, from the rank and file. I, too, am conscious of the fact that we are beneficiaries of progress and mobility. So much effort has been taken off our daily workloads and made our lives easier. To call you to test yourself, in which areas you can practice environmental protection and conserve limited resources, is not my intention in this case. It is rather my objective to exchange ideas and projects, to do lobbying in a specific manner. The times have passed when a political fringe group was laughed at because it dealt with environmental protection and sustainability. Nevertheless, the problems of global “climate diplomacy” show that in all countries groundwork for an intensive and constructive discussion has not yet been sufficiently laid. And the worldwide Internet provides cross-border possibilities to discuss these topics and exchange ideas. For if the struggle against climate change should be lost due to ignorance, then that would be grossly negligent.
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At 7:40 AM, January 07, 2007, vggruen said...
yes, christoph you are right, but at your last blog you were tooptimistic about the policy of our great-koalition. I think that
it is now time to act not only to talk aobut clima protection.
and if our government talk aobut clima protection, but build new
coal power stations. It is the false signal ! We need a new
realism in our enviromental politic. Clima Protection as a moral
obligation and a economic oppurtunity. Clima protection can be
viewed, as a promising strategy of economic and social renewal.
These strategy of clima protection generates economic dynamism
and create new jobs. Germany as the world leader in renewable
energies it has the potential to phase out of the use of fossil
energy sources completely. This would make us a role model for
the energy-hungry developing countries and would also give a
boost to our technology- oriented export industry.
At 10:16 AM, January 07, 2007, sl77 said...
@vggruen: Are you suggesting to built new atomic power plants?
At 11:42 AM, January 07, 2007, vggruen said...
@Sl77; no,thats no way. we must go two ways. one way the doinveste in regenerative energies. In 2050 we can produce 50% our
energie from the wind, sun etc.second we must save energie
because we we invest in new technologies who are efficient.
Please no new atomic power plants!!! Thats not sustainable.
At 3:24 PM, January 08, 2007, sl77 said...
I think the decision against nuclear power (in Germany) mighthave been a mistake. At the time nobody really cared about CO2
emissions and everybody was scared by Tschernobyl. Of course the
issue of atomic waste is a big one, but ulimatly it doesn't cause
our planet to overheat...
At 9:54 AM, January 09, 2007, vggruen said...
It was no mistake, ist is the right way. maybe it was a mistaketo make the contract with the nuclear lobby instead of stroke the
subventions. Subventions means that our state ( germany) insurant
the atomic power insteat of a affirmation, because no affirmation
would bear the risk. And ist not true that nobody cares about
emissions, with the renewable energie law (EEG) we started to
develope renewable energies. Only renewable are clean energies.
we must investe in clean energy, no in fossil energies.
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