Construction costs are currently skyrocketing

Of course, profitability is the problem. If it were clearly profitable, we wouldn’t even be discussing it anymore; someone would have implemented it long ago. Roof photovoltaics have the problem of orientation and fragmentation compared to ground-mounted photovoltaics. The first reduces yield, the second increases costs. Photovoltaics on noise barriers as well, already exist and are also being discussed here. Of course, sometimes as a country we stand in our own way when heritage protection does not approve photovoltaics. And precisely the problem that in Central Europe we have weaker solar radiation and, above all, that it is much more uneven between summer and winter.

Innovations/new developments/transitions are always more complex and expensive at the beginning than existing processes. But I am firmly convinced that this must not be a reason to hinder progress. When I read how expensive the decommissioning of nuclear power plants is and how aimless the 200 billion package with the gas price cap is, then I see the following: There is more than enough money available. The dough that is now being pumped into the gas price cap could also be used much more sustainably by immediately advancing the expansion of renewables. The gas price cap is just another corporate subsidy, like the fuel discount, and does not solve the real problem at all: We must move away from gas imports.

The problem is... this whole thing should have been properly initiated 20 years ago with a clear goal and then just see what good ideas people in the economy come up with. Instead, here we have something directly subsidized, something else directly subsidized, government prices set, obligations created, and individual things banned. How the generated and consumed energy ultimately fits into the overall system never had priority, even though that is the crucial point. Only if the individual parts fit together coherently will the energy ultimately become cheaper and more environmentally friendly. Currently, exactly the opposite is happening due to duplicate structures, and the external shock shows that we cannot simply patch this up with a few gas power plants. But it is too easy to blame the war, Germany already had very expensive electricity before that, which was only moderately environmentally friendly.

In Germany (and also on the rest of the planet) an industry has developed in the last 100 years which is predominantly based on fossil energy production: electricity, heat, transport. Our prosperity and our entire life are based on this.

We have fallen into dependency on "friends and partners" without considering the necessity for just in case.

Now this development is supposed to be reversed and restructured within decades or even years, by now even months, "for reasons"?

That cannot work, you can cover all of Germany with photovoltaic modules. The sun does not shine at night. Industry, hospitals, etc. need electricity and heat around the clock, and much more than you can imagine. That will not be achievable with renewables in Germany. Even if our politicians try every day to somehow make us believe otherwise.

People have entered into dependency on "friends and partners" without considering the necessity for emergencies.

Now this development is supposed to be reversed and restructured over decades or even years, meanwhile even months, "for reasons"?

That can't work, you can cover all of Germany with photovoltaic modules. The sun doesn't shine at night. Industry, hospitals, etc. need electricity and heat around the clock, and a lot more than you can imagine. This will not be feasible with renewables in Germany. Even if our politicians try every day to make us believe otherwise.

I think you have to separate the two things to some extent. One is the dependency on Russian gas. Most entrepreneurs are no longer keen on that. You simply can’t rely on continuing to get gas in the future. So you look for alternatives. I believe BASF is currently converting a part to oil in the short term? We are digging up more brown coal.

The second is the energy transition, and that takes decades, and a decisive factor there is that you use overall less energy. Hence the preference for electromobility instead of conventional combustion engines.

Now this development is supposed to be reversed and restructured over decades or even years, now even months "for reasons"?

Yes, it has to, otherwise the climate will collapse completely and then the current problems will be just a speck compared to what is yet to come. How can this fact simply be brushed aside with the old CDU logic "we just need many years for this, otherwise it overwhelms our industry". Global warming no longer gives us time, that is simply a fact. With the CDU mantra, everything has been comfortably dismissed and ignored for the past 20 years, missing the opportunity to set the course in the right direction.

The problem is...this whole thing should have been properly initiated 20 years ago with a clear goal

Even today, I miss having a plan for the next 20 years. Unfortunately, it will become uncomfortable when new reservoirs, wind turbines near residential areas, and new power lines become necessary. Then the complaining will be loud again.