https://energytransition.org/2013/12/germans-gladly-conserve-power-for-the-energy-transition/ The Global Energiewende Thu, 10 Mar 2016 14:45:39 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 https://energytransition.org/2013/12/germans-gladly-conserve-power-for-the-energy-transition/#comment-4051 Thu, 10 Mar 2016 14:45:39 +0000 http://energytransition.boellblog.org/?p=4858#comment-4051 nice:):)

]]> https://energytransition.org/2013/12/germans-gladly-conserve-power-for-the-energy-transition/#comment-4050 Tue, 07 Jan 2014 12:51:55 +0000 http://energytransition.boellblog.org/?p=4858#comment-4050 Morris is entirely correct that the relevant social issue is how big the electricity BILL is for each household, not the electricity price. The press should make this clear in its articles on electricity prices, and they should get the bill data from the utilities, which should not be difficult if the utilities cooperate. If the German government and utilities would foster more vigorous electricity efficiency improvement programs for households, they could probably drive the average electricity bill down substantially, although not as much as such programs could do in the United States, since people waste much more electricity there.

]]> https://energytransition.org/2013/12/germans-gladly-conserve-power-for-the-energy-transition/#comment-4049 Mon, 23 Dec 2013 12:30:51 +0000 http://energytransition.boellblog.org/?p=4858#comment-4049 A funny thing about Germany is that when I lived there a few years ago I found it impossible to buy mains outlets with an integrated switch. In the UK, single and dual outlet wall sockets mostly have a switch for each socket. In Germany you have to buy an ugly extra switch that is plugged in between the socket and the appliance. Why?

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