Construction costs are currently skyrocketing

Traditionally, I associate the left with the very big promises: solidarity, cohesion, and a good life for all. But in truth, it is equalization, total surveillance, often poverty and oppression. People in such systems are usually not there voluntarily. Great inequality often occurs there as well. But the worst, by far the greatest part lives in bitter poverty and only very few in prosperity. No meritocracy.

For example, at the Corona demonstrations, it was always the left, meaning the Antifa, that was the problem. Masked and violent. Far-right extremists were never seen, at least none conspicuous.

For example, at the Corona demonstrations, it was always the left-wingers, meaning the Antifa, who were the problem. Masked and violent. Never saw right-wing extremists, at least none that stood out.

You must have been blind in your right eye to overlook all the Reich flags.

For example, at the Corona demonstrations, the left-wingers, that is the Antifa, were always the problem. Masked and violent. Never saw right-wing extremists, at least none that stood out.

A small tip to better recognize these in the future:
The colors of the Federal Republic of Germany are black-red-gold (usually realized as black-red-yellow on flags) and NOT black-white-red. Black-white-red can be attributed to 95% of the right (radical) scene.

I don't know which demos you were at or weren't at. But at the ones I was at, hardly any flags were waved. There were rather signs with good and proper messages. However, I do think the demos in Saxony were a different story. I can really only speak for Bavaria. And the walks and demos were really great.

I stand by my statement: As long as we burn gas for electricity, the electricity price should rise so that more electricity is saved until no more gas is burned for it.

I can understand your thoughts; I didn’t understand it before either. The truth is simply that we need gas power plants (and also pumped-storage plants) for at least another 20 years to absorb short-term load peaks. This is important for the system stability of the power grid at 50 Hz. Whether we will eventually form decentralized grids and how this will be implemented does interest me.

It would be more important to use the available energy amount sensibly.

For example, yesterday I optimized my heat pump regarding domestic hot water preparation — that was still pending. The pump of the circulation line is now automated with a motion detector and Shelly. Uninsulated copper pipes in the heat pump (and this in a system for 8.5 kW!) were uninsulated and had an estimated loss of 1 kWh/day.

Material 50€, 2 hours of work, savings: 350 kWh/year

So here’s another question: how many people actually optimize their heat pump privately and know what matters (Carnot process, heating curve, hydraulic balancing, etc.)? — With new builds, this begins before the house construction.

A properly optimized heat pump is 20-30% more efficient than the standard setting from the heating technician. (Of course, the heating technician’s initial task is to make sure the heat pump reliably heats the house in winter.)

Although this is often no longer done by the heating installers themselves, but by the trained technicians of the manufacturer directly (wiring and commissioning).

And in the future, I will refrain from commenting on energy efficiency topics again, I just have my own views on that :p

The only remaining open question is how to operate all the heat pumps in winter when the sun only shines for 8 hours with low intensity. Store energy in summer as hydrogen and convert it back into electricity in winter? Why bother, you might as well just burn the hydrogen...

PS:
If your heat pump loses 1kWh/day just through a few centimeters of uninsulated copper pipes, you could open a sauna in your HAR. That is a completely exaggerated estimate.