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Never had I thought that, of all things, heat pumps would be the ones to bring the right-wing to power back again in Germany, but here we are.

Interesting that the author of the article doesn't mention the AfD at all, or politics, for that matter, his world is this techno-utopia where we're told what "the future is" and we, the masses, should blindly follow. Very dangerous game to play.

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What does heat pumps have to do with the AfD? To me (a western neighbor) they stand for racism and hysterically dubious fiscal policies combined with voodoo economics. That could just be reporting though. But then again we have our own version of that as well.

The AFD is just attacking everything that the Greens propose. No constructive discussions at all, only populism. I fear that heat pumps will be the smaller „issue“ society will face in near future. The citizens are not yet ready for the necessary changes. Another problem is that Russia is trying to heat things up, too, not with the gas they provided, but with fake news campaigns in various medias. And yes, insulation is more important than the heating—-it can cut 80 percent of the bill for heating.

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