Gas prices - Where is gas still affordable?

Yes, for one or the other it will fail because of heating costs. And it would also be the case with a 20% annual increase.

Maybe one has to adjust the perspectives in the country a bit. I wish for a cap at 20%/year. That may be a lot, but it is a clear roadmap. And even though!! we currently have 300%/year, my proposal is bad. Well then. No cap. Then no socially acceptable policy. Good luck to everyone alone, but please don’t complain if half (and especially grandma!) get left behind.

No, by funding I mean rather a reasonable feed-in tariff and an end to the nonsensical taxation on private individuals. Then rather a subsidy for storage, so that everyone first consumes their own electricity (from my amateur perspective that is more effective than feeding in first and then buying back) and e.g. the approval of cars that can store and supply electricity.
Is there currently generally 50% funding for renewables? As far as I know, there is nothing at all for photovoltaics.

Without the last sentence, I would have almost considered the demand for more photovoltaics funding as cheeky. But obviously, you really don’t know:
Photovoltaics have been supported by feed-in tariffs for 20 years. The subsidies have always amounted to something between 100 and 300% of the purchase price. In addition, there were plenty of tax gifts and reliefs (which admittedly have always involved effort and unfortunately still do).
Until half a year ago, every photovoltaic system was still supported at about 100%. Due to the price spiral, this slipped down to around 70%, which has now been readjusted. Now, medium-sized systems are again in the range of 100%.
As a bonus, you are allowed to consume as much of that electricity yourself as you want. That pays off about three times as much.

I don’t think one urgently has to shout for even more funding now. After all, we are talking about roof owners here, who tend to belong to the richer half of the population. More than paying everything is hardly necessary, right?

Careful, this is only about photovoltaics. Storage systems are funded little or not at all, because there is no public interest in having inefficient small storage units standing in basements. They don’t help the grid, they don’t help the operator, and they harm the energy transition because on average they waste about 20% of the best green electricity in operation. These things are a hobby and have never paid off.

I wish for a cap of 20% per year.

I think that was a misunderstanding. I initially also understood that, in your opinion, gas should become (at least) 20% more expensive so that the switch to renewables becomes more and more worthwhile over time. But apparently, that was not what you meant.

Maybe one has to straighten out the perspectives in the country a bit. I wish for a cap at 20%/year. That may be a lot, but it is a clear roadmap. And even though!! we currently have 300%/year, my proposal is bad. Well then. No cap. Then no socially acceptable policy. Good luck to everyone alone, but please don’t complain if half (and especially grandma!) get left behind.

Without the last sentence, I would have almost considered the demand for more subsidies for photovoltaics to be cheeky. But obviously, you really don’t know:
Photovoltaics have been subsidized via feed-in tariffs for 20 years. The subsidy was always something between 100 and 300% of the purchase price. On top of that, there were plenty of tax gifts and reliefs (which admittedly were and still are always associated with effort).
Up until half a year ago, every photovoltaic system was also subsidized at about 100%. Due to the price spiral, this slipped down to around 70%, which has now been adjusted again. Now, medium-sized systems are again in the range of 100%.
As a bonus, one is still allowed to consume as much of the electricity oneself as one wants. That is then worth about three times as much.

I don’t think one should now urgently demand even more subsidies there. After all, we are talking about roof owners who tend to belong to the richer half of the population. More than paying everything is hardly necessary, right?

Be careful, it only concerns photovoltaics. Storage is little to not subsidized at all, because there is no public interest in having inefficient small storage units standing in basements. They help neither the grid nor the operator and harm the energy transition, since on average they destroy about 20% of the best green electricity in operation. These things are a hobby and have never paid off.

Then please show me where this subsidy exists. As far as I know, there is a feed-in tariff of around 6 cents. Nothing else. That is worlds away from 100% subsidy at current photovoltaic prices. That has also not been adjusted. In addition, I still have to pay tax on the electricity I consume myself. I am always talking about the private consumer who has photovoltaics on the roof.

I can't stand this whining about rising costs for fossil energy anymore. Of course it is expensive and inconvenient, but what is the alternative? Should I tell my son in 30 years: "Sorry, the planet is just ruined, I'm stepping down now, but using renewables was just too inconvenient for us"? Honestly, some people will lose their homes, but at least humanity still has a chance.

I can't stand this whining about rising costs for fossil energy anymore. Of course it's expensive and inconvenient, but what is the alternative? Should I tell my son in 30 years: "Sorry, the planet is just ruined, I'm stepping down now, but renewable energy was just too inconvenient for us"? Honestly, some people will lose their homes, but humanity still has a chance.

Even if we in Germany were to completely abandon fossil energy immediately, it would not change humanity's chance.

I think that was then a misunderstanding. I had also initially understood it as meaning that, in your opinion, gas should become (at least) 20% more expensive so that the switch to renewables gradually becomes more worthwhile over time. But that apparently wasn’t what you meant.

Just checked again – what I really didn’t want: to just slap on 20% more this year. What it was about for me: If politics realizes that times are wild and we urgently need to move away from things people have grown fond of, then there must be a clear exit path. Unfortunately, the opposite was the case. Gas and pellet heating systems are even being subsidized, EVEN THOUGH politics already knows they can only run for another 15 years. People are actively being driven into shit. That’s simply not fair, because in the end there are a lot of “dumb” people, probably including the above-quoted old lady, because she has to listen to the plumber.