Q-and-A

1.  What's really driving this energy draft bill.....to halt installation of oil/natural gas heating systems in German homes after 2024?

Not a lot of chatter, but I get the impression that the war will linger, and natural gas prices will NOT return to a lower number.  I think the German bigwigs have noted that by the end of 2023.....more escalation of pricing will occur, and the public sentiment will get worse.

2.  German licenses going to digital form? 

EU will go and allow (probably in 2 years) some form of digital license that you'd load on your cellphone instead of a paper or plastic card form.  If you asked me how many Germans would go with digital license only.....I'd say fewer than 5-percent.  It's like suggesting ATM cards or Charge cards going away.....most wouldn't really go with a handy-only situation.

3.  This new 'secret' chamber found in the Giza Pyramid today?

So, the story really goes this way.....around 2015/2016....some researchers used a system and found a 'void' (chamber) probably in the Pyramid.  The Egyptian folks who run the operation refused to believe much of that original report.

Years have passed, and with a new test or two....they've finally agreed....YES, there is a chamber.  What happens now?  Probably a decade of discussion, and they will agree to some drilling to reach the chamber with a camera.  

What's there in the chamber?  I would suggest four things: (1) nothing.  (2) a forty-ton granite box and no way to see what's inside of it. (3) Some weird symbols that have nothing to do with Egyptian wording....setting off another challenge to regality. (4) A calendar of sorts.....suggesting the Pyramid is 10,000 years older than the current estimate.  

4.  This new Defense Minister (Pistorius) for the SPD.....moving up the chain quickly?

Boy, this is a shocker...the political 'meter' used to figure out where politicians stand with  the public.....now shows Pistorius rated higher on 'trust' than any other political figure of any party.

Pistorius is out every single day.....he's making public statements....he's making rational comments.  He's probably the first SPD guy in 30 years that has some 'magic' going for him at his job (considered the worst job possible for ministers).