Construction costs are currently skyrocketing

Where do they all keep coming from?
1: Your statement does not apply to the old nuclear power plants, as we have already experienced three times. Therefore, they have to be shut down. We agree on that.
2: By the time new ones are built, the climate change issue will be over. One way or another.
3: Nothing will happen in Germany anyway – or can you name 50 locations for nuclear power plants where no one objects?
4: Why should electricity be generated for 16 cents (with directly and infinitely high additional follow-up costs) when it can be done for 3-4 cents? Do you really want to burden an economic location with four times higher electricity costs? Although that part, of course, fits the topic of the thread excellently... ;-)

The petty bourgeois. The neighbor, the environmental pig, burns 30 thousand liters of oil per year. So what, Germany has a 2% share of climate change, converted into CO2, and of these 2% there is at most 1% with swimming pool and 30,000 liters of oil, so, let him be, it's his money, there's no point in crucifying him, it won't save the world.

In the post you are referring to, I named numerous points on how everyone can contribute a little to climate protection. I personally believe that it is more effective if many people live a bit more environmentally friendly than if a few completely change their lifestyles.

Honestly, I can no longer listen to this nonsense about "Germany only produces 2% of the global CO2 emissions." This 2% share is only what is actually needed on-site in Germany. The environmental sins committed abroad on our behalf are not even included.

Sure, in Augsburg the rivers are very clean and the drinking water quality is superb compared to 50 years ago. But what has changed? The entire textile industry with all its negative side effects was shut down and relocated abroad so that we no longer have this pollution locally. How do water and the environment look in today’s production sites? Absolutely miserable, and the people in East Asia work under terrible conditions, ruining their health and environment completely. How many liters of water are needed for a pair of jeans, and how many chemicals enter the soil/groundwater untreated during production?

We in Germany and Europe have mastered the art of outsourcing our problems abroad over the past decades so that we no longer see them—out of sight, out of mind. That is why our share is "only" 2%.

I also don't want to hear this "but the others consume much more CO2 than we do and are far more damaging to the environment, they should do something first" anymore. It reminds me so much of my little daughter in kindergarten: why should I clean up the toys? The other children aren't cleaning up either—they should start first.

As long as no one takes the first step, nothing will ever change. Why don’t we want to take that first step and just wait until someone else starts? In other topics like broadband expansion and digitalization, people always point to other countries: "Wow, look how far they are! Why aren't we so advanced in Germany?"

Now we are making progress on one topic, and again it’s not good enough...

How about investing all the money spent on the commuter allowance into public transport? In my opinion, that would be the fairest way to reduce commuting without immediately making anyone's job impossible.

It only works to a limited extent. Reintroduce connections between the village and surrounding towns and more than just 3 times a day. Village to village is not possible without individual transport. For most people I know who do not work directly in the village, the factory, or the district town, the bus would have to run just for one person. Ecologically and economically crazy. Work must be possible and without punishment. Maybe the commuter allowance could depend on whether there are alternatives. By that, I mean real ones. I have to leave at 4 p.m. to be at work by 8 a.m. What must go is individual transport in private life. That is why I did not mention lowering the fuel tax. Going to the district town by car for a school notebook because the store in the village wants 10 cents more for the notebook is not acceptable, or going for pleasure. However, I do not want to be visible as a country bumpkin again because the store in the district town only carries granny clothes. The parcel shipping system needs to be changed.

The topic simply refuses to return to the title. And false statements, isolated examples, and opinions without proper research continue to be posted freely....

back to the topic The Spiegel published an article in 2018. Why is building in Germany so expensive? Some reasons are listed there that are still relevant. The entitlement mentality of the builders the building regulations the shortage of skilled workers etc.