Lately, round 1 / 4 of Germany’s power wishes are lined via gasoline. About 95 % of the gasoline is imported from in a foreign country, principally from the United States. Because of emerging gasoline costs, economists are calling on Germany to supply extra of its personal gasoline once more. The advisers counsel that Federal Financial system Minister Katherine Reiche (CDU) re-legalise fracking for this function. Fracking comes to forcing fluids into rock layers kilometers underground to unlock saved herbal gasoline. The method has been banned in Germany since 2017 and is very debatable; The Federal Environmental Company fears that groundwater will probably be poisoned via fracking. In 2016, the Federal Bureau of Geosciences and Herbal Assets estimated that fracking may theoretically produce between 380 billion and a couple of.34 trillion further cubic meters of gasoline. Is it real looking to supply gasoline once more in Germany? ZEIT industry editor Anne-Sophie Lang talks about it within the podcast.
Parallel to the assaults on Iran, a brand new wave of repression started there. For the reason that US-Israeli assaults on Tehran started on February 28, goals in Iran were steadily attacked via airstrikes. Alternatively, the day-to-day lives of the folk there are formed via any other danger: the protection forces. Previously two weeks, masses of other folks were arrested in a lot of areas. The arrests don’t simplest impact activists in Tehran; quite a lot of social teams are centered via the protection forces. The Ministry of Intelligence and the name of the game carrier of the Innovative Guards stated that they had arrested individuals who filmed or shared pictures of the assault. What’s the purpose of the Iranian regime with repression? ZEIT’s Iran professional Omid Rezaee investigated this.
And in a different way? 30 years of USB cables.
Moderation and manufacturing: Helena Šmit
Editor: Philip-Johann Moser
Collaboration: Susanne Herr, Mira Schrems
