Does the real estate market increasingly force more families to build?

Just this hype about plastic! […] more and more small packages are appearing on the market, […]. Or these awful "squeeze pouches" with curd or puree for children. Tea bags are individually wrapped again, coffee capsules, vegetables and fruit are individually wrapped in foil. Does it have to be like this?

No, it doesn't have to. Do you have to buy it? No, you don't.

When it comes to house construction, it goes on. All the thermal insulation stuck to the facades must be produced somewhere and - even worse - eventually disposed of again.

That's right. And why it is so expensive is partly explained by this.

Where one could really take strong action in terms of climate protection would be air and sea travel as well as ship transports.

Exactly. The thing with houses is often a substitute action.

My mother-in-law had the house wrapped in full thermal insulation 10 years ago. It will never pay off; there are already damages in places, green spots, elsewhere the plaster is peeling off.

I also believe that everyone should decide for themselves how efficient their house should be. After all, we pay enough for oil, gas, electricity – everyone should calculate for themselves which standard and consumption they are satisfied with.

No one is forcing you to insulate the facade of an existing house. So that is nonsense to begin with.

And no, it cannot be that you regularly light an open fire in your house and burden the entire surroundings and the climate with it. Environmental protection is a good that must be provided by the state, because otherwise everyone would only think about themselves like you do and act at the expense of the earth. The state itself still has to learn and maybe makes pointless regulations, which needs to be worked on. Fortunately, the next generation seems to be fitter and becoming better at this.

Here is the next point: Everyone should have common sense and use it. Treat others "simply" the way you want to be treated yourself. Easier said than done. Many views come together there

It goes so far that politicians in the AfD present 150 years of established physics as wrong, and are not unsuccessful in trying to win votes with it.

There is currently a remarkable video on YouTube of the AfD's visit to the FfF demonstration in Berlin with Ms. Thunberg from the end of March, where the participants (from U18 to over 65) were confronted with these allegedly false claims. The reactions speak volumes. It's just the problem when you only listen to yourself and see the world in terms of good and evil. The good ones are yourself and the bad ones are everyone else. A typical symptom in Asperger patients.

If you own a square kilometer of land, you simply have completely different possibilities. The neighbor is quite far away.

That's exactly what I meant, Mr. Know-it-all. I'm talking about the middle of nowhere, whether in the USA or in Mc Pomm. In Germany, there are insanely many regulations, that's just the way it is. No matter how big your property is.

No one tells you to have the facade newly insulated in an existing building. So that's nonsense to begin with.

That's clear; although I really hope that existing buildings won't have to be retrofitted someday. I just wanted to say that such full thermal insulation doesn't last forever and sometimes has to be replaced after a relatively short time. More waste and above all more costs.

And no, it cannot be that you regularly light an open fire in your house and thus burden the whole environment and the climate. Environmental protection is a good that must be provided by the state, otherwise everyone would only think of themselves like you and act to the detriment of the earth. The fact that the state itself still has to learn and maybe makes pointless regulations is something that needs to be worked on. Fortunately, the next generation seems to be fitter in this regard and becoming better.

Honestly, I don't think much of the protests either. Not all, but quite a good number of these students probably just want a free morning off. Peer pressure plays a role here too – if you don't join, you're out of favor with your classmates. But not all students who participate really engage with the topic. I happened to come across such a protest a few weeks ago and I can confirm what is said about it (probably also at regulars' tables...): The kids there eagerly used cardboard and plastic cups, single-use PET bottles, and almost everyone had a smartphone in their hand. Are they really participating out of true conviction? I find it a pity for those who really want to make a difference. Here's some dinner table chatter again, but: Can't the protests be on Saturday mornings? Or Friday afternoons? Or Monday afternoons? Even then, with enough demonstrators, a sign could be set over time.