Friedrich Merz is planning a reduction in the electricity tax, which could relieve consumers and make the use of electric cars and heat pumps more economical, but there are also concerns about this measure. #Stromsteuer #FriedrichMerz #Energiepolitik (translated)
Nuclearia e. V. wrote that Daniel Stelter demanded from Markus Lanz to immediately stop the demolition of nuclear power plants and to save what can still be saved. He receives a lot of support online for this, it was said. The association criticized that power plants providing cheap electricity are being destroyed while industry and small and medium-sized businesses are going under due to high electricity prices. As a photo credit, the contribution cited ZDF / Markus Lanz and October 8, 2026. #Energiepolitik #Kernkraft #Strompreise (translated)
Readonly proposed to set two prices at gas stations for each type of fuel: one for people who would not have a problem with trading with Russia and welcomed reasonable prices, and one for those who, according to his statement, justified the purchase of Russian fuel through intermediaries in the USA for moral reasons – regardless of the price. He asked whether this proposal was acceptable. #Energiepolitik #Treibstoffpreise #Russland (translated)
"We don't want windmills. (...) Show me a country with green energy, and I will show you a bankrupt country. You know, Germany tried it. They were about two days away from extinction." President Donald Trump claimed at a campaign event that the energy transition had brought Germany to the brink of disaster. "I will impose a 250 percent tariff on your damn wine and all the crap you send us. I will impose a 250 percent tariff on your wine, your champagne, and everything you send us, Emmanuel." At the same time, he threatened him, according to his own account in a phone call, with additional tariffs of 250 percent if French pharmaceutical companies did not offer their medications in the United States at lower prices. "I call him Muhammad. Someone said his name is not Muhammad, but Abdul. (...) I am the president. I can call him whatever the hell I want. To me, he is Muhammad. And he is a radical jihadist." Furthermore, Trump made derogatory remarks about the Muslim politician Abdul El-Sayed, who is running for the Senate for the Democrats. #Trump #Russland #Energiepolitik (translated)
"We will do this with all legal powers available to us." Finance Minister Scott Bessent defended the diesel deal on Sunday in an interview with Fox News. #Trump #Russland #Energiepolitik (translated)
Seven U.S. senators from both parties have criticized President Trump's diesel deal with Russia as illegal, as it violates the congressional ban on Russian energy imports aimed at preventing Putin's aggression against Ukraine. #Trump #Russland #Energiepolitik (translated)
Kolja Barghoorn ironically referred to the energy transition as a "masterpiece" and stated that instead of the promised cheap electricity, electricity prices are 16.4 percent higher than in 2021. He also pointed to billions in costs for grid bottlenecks and reserve power plants, battery storage that only lasts two hours at full capacity, and hydrogen, which has been considered a future technology for years. Barghoorn also criticized a new market created by the state, in which power plant operators would be paid for 15 years to provide electricity in case of outages from wind and solar power. He cited Blackout News as the source for the mentioned data. #Energiewende #Strompreise #Energiepolitik (translated)
Apollo News wrote that US President Donald Trump joked about German energy policy at a campaign event for the midterms, stating that Germany is on the verge of "collapse." https://t.co/pKpAFd2Uog #Midterms #Energiepolitik #Trump (translated)
The author criticized that record amounts of fracking gas were being imported from the USA and sarcastically portrayed it as if it only caused harm there. #Fracking #Umweltschutz #Energiepolitik #US (translated)
The Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, on the other hand, emphasizes that they have achieved for Greece to become a "central player in Southeastern Europe," after it had previously stood "on the fringes of the energy system." #Energiepolitik #Griechenland #Flüssiggas (translated)
The USA would have a great interest in investing in Greece, said Guilfoyle. #Energiepolitik #Griechenland #Flüssiggas (translated)
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio emphasized during his visit to Athens the interest of the USA in the energy sector, particularly in the expansion of a pipeline system that is intended to position Greece as a central hub for the distribution of liquefied gas to Europe in order to reduce dependence on Russian gas imports. #Energiepolitik #Griechenland #Flüssiggas (translated)
The author wrote that, after discussions with Putin, Russian energy supplies have come back into sharper focus. At the same time, a possible involvement of the USA in Nord Stream is being discussed. https://t.co/TLLGaIu9ep #Energiepolitik #Trump #Russland #US #RU (translated)
Lexa wrote that Ukraine resumed its attacks on Russian oil infrastructure just hours after the announcement of a US-Russian diesel agreement. A senior Ukrainian official stated that Russian refineries were being attacked and set on fire. Lexa described the attacks as targeted asymmetric strikes against Russia's energy logistics, not as defense against an immediate threat. According to Lexa, the timing undermines the diplomatic line of Ukraine's main ally and gives Moscow reason to attribute to Kiev an interest in escalation rather than de-escalation. Lexa also wrote that the continuation of this strategy is contrary to the short-term interests of Ukraine's main donor and arms supplier. #Ukraine #Russland #Energiepolitik (translated)
The author wrote that Donald Trump relied on pragmatism and relaxation, aiming to resume Russian energy flows and put an end to attacks on infrastructure. In contrast, Germany and the EU stuck to a confrontational policy, risking self-isolation according to the author. https://t.co/3thghI0rm9 #Trump #Energiepolitik #EU #DE #US #RU (translated)
The author asked what Europe was doing and claimed that President Trump had secured the delivery of several million tons of Russian diesel to the USA and the world market to lower prices. This was in addition to Trump's order concerning diesel dyed with red dye. #Energiepolitik #EU #Trump #US #RU #EU (translated)
Dr. David Lütke wrote that the sabotage of Nord Stream has destroyed the German business model since 1945. Germany is now paying for US LNG, while Russia and the USA are negotiating a restart of Nord Stream without Germany. As a result, Germany is losing out on both fronts, he summarized. https://t.co/nabTqvEEar #Energiepolitik #NordStream #Deutschland (translated)
The author criticized that the loss of jobs, which in his view only existed thanks to subsidies, was being lamented. At the same time, it was hardly noted that those who would have to finance these subsidies would soon no longer exist due to what he considered to be a misguided energy policy. He described this as sad. #Arbeitsplätze #Energiepolitik #Subventionen (translated)
The author wrote that natural gas reserves beneath German soil could supply Germany for many years; some experts speak of 20 years. In recent years, no party has dared to challenge the fracking taboo, while LNG gas has been transported across the Atlantic. The contribution ended with the incomplete words "Thanks to." #Energiewende #Energiepolitik #Fracking #DE (translated)
The author asked whether Nord Stream was on the verge of returning and wrote that the USA and Russia were negotiating while Berlin was opposing it. He claimed that in the end, Germany would possibly source Russian gas from the USA and would have to pay an American markup for it. https://t.co/rvyRJitIKd #Energiepolitik #NordStream #USADeutschland #US #RU #DE (translated)
