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  • That is tbh a very US centric perspective. The decade Gen X grown up - youth in the 80ties and young adulthood in 90ties - is known for the break up of the Sovjetbloc. If that isn’t a big shake in life, I don’t know what else might have such an impact on lifestyle, thoughts, ownerships and behaviors.

    The longtail effects had disruptions to other regions in the world with unrest and uprisings for independence.

    And sure there have been conflicts as well. E.g. the North Ireland conflict with bombing in the UK. And there was the first nuclear disaster of Tschernobyl in 1986 causing angst in Europe.

    But at all, I‘d say these days were characterized by a positive mood and the feeling that people can change things.








  • Good news.

    Interessant an der Karte im Artikel fand ich, dass neben den üblichen Verdächtigen Bayern und BW, auch einige Regionen woanders wenige Windräder haben: Bergisch Land und Sauerland in NRW und Thüringer Wald und Frankenwald in Thüringen.

    Im Sauerland hatte ich vor 2 Jahren eine Radtour gemacht und sehr viel Platz für Windräder gesehen. In der Gegend wo ich war, war wörtlich jeder zweite Hügel vom Borkenkäfer abgefressen. Klimawende. Sah nach Katastrophe aus. Hartz soll ähnlich schlimm sein.

    Windräder im Aufbau habe ich dort auch gesehen. Was mit vorher nicjt bewusst war: Die brauchen schon ein großes solides Fundament. Ist ja viel Windlast drauf. Da wird schon ne Menge Stahl und Beton in den Boden gekippt.




  • Unfortunately, I have to second this statement. I think humans just can’t anticipate well. In combination with money, a rare event will be neglected or ignored. Think of IT security or pandemic countermeasures for example.

    I live in Germany. Europes devil is water. Lots of water from the sky. Rain the volume of an entire year within 2-3 days.

    In 2021, in a hilly area many small villages were washed away from a used to be small tiny river. Did people learn? No.

    Since that event, we had several more heavy rain events in Europe that either flushed town or drowned entire areas. Last one this summer in Spain Castillia.

    Do people learn? No, still the right-wing parties in Germany are on upswings. And so the Governments.