Thursday, December 15, 2022

Five German News Stories

 1.  From this natural gas storage that Germany maintains.....the country used 1-percent of the storage this past Monday, because of the freezing temperatures.  An issue?  They suggest not.

2.  Study done on membership within churches in Germany.  Twenty-percent of people are indicating they will be leaving membership in the future.  A lot of this....goes back to the pedophile scandals.

3.  Out of Berlin, the major hospital of the city had various scheduled operations arranged, and a sick-wave has occurred....triggering massive cancellations by the doctor/nurse staff.  This comes from a combined flu and Covid wave.

4.  Berlin city officials have said that anyone that 'repeatable' disrupts traffic (like the 'Last Generation' activists)....will get a 2,000 Euro fine for each incident. 

It would appear....the first time you block traffic, you will get a stiff warning.  After that....the fine comes into play.  The one thing that will be interesting....who will be funneling the 2,000 Euro per person over to the court?  Who serves as the money-bags for the activists?

5.  City of Wiesbaden had spent a minimum of two-million Euro on a hydrogen bus transport strategy.  Yesterday, the city cancelled the entire project.

The curious quote from the director?  "We take one step back on one path to take two steps forward on another path."

What really happened here?  Well....if you want to buy a hydrogen-powered bus....it's pretty limited (one company).  And they come only in one length (12 meters or roughly 40 ft).   

When the city did the key strategy....they needed either more buses (meaning more drivers), or to get 19 meter long buses....in order to carry x-number of passengers.  The longer buses weren't part of the manufacturing trend.  

So this was about getting x-number of people on a bus, and they couldn't do it with the hydrogen strategy.  

What happens to the dozen-odd hydrogen buses they have?  Resold.  

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