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"We don't want windmills. (...) Show me a country with green energy, and I will show you a bankrupt country. You know, Germany tried it. They were about two days away from extinction." President Donald Trump claimed at a campaign event that the energy transition had brought Germany to the brink of disaster. "I will impose a 250 percent tariff on your damn wine and all the crap you send us. I will impose a 250 percent tariff on your wine, your champagne, and everything you send us, Emmanuel." At the same time, he threatened him, according to his own account in a phone call, with additional tariffs of 250 percent if French pharmaceutical companies did not offer their medications in the United States at lower prices. "I call him Muhammad. Someone said his name is not Muhammad, but Abdul. (...) I am the president. I can call him whatever the hell I want. To me, he is Muhammad. And he is a radical jihadist." Furthermore, Trump made derogatory remarks about the Muslim politician Abdul El-Sayed, who is running for the Senate for the Democrats. #Trump #Russland #Energiepolitik (translated)

Julian Adrat criticized that Markus Söder had claimed in the program "Miosga" without contest that the AfD was hostile to the disabled and "brutally right" in Bavaria. Miosga referred to Adrat in a derogatory manner. Adrat countered Söder's statement with a series of his own examples, which he labeled as "not normal." These included the blowing up of nuclear power plants, prison sentences for internet memes, and centuries of debt approved by a dismissed parliament. He also mentioned transforming Christmas markets into fortresses, citizen income payments to foreigners, the handling of billions for masks, the purchase of babies, and calls for rocket attacks on Moscow. As further examples, Adrat cited the expansion of wind and solar plants, bike paths in Peru, the training of trans-rickshaw drivers in India, and 130,000 foreigners who roamed freely despite arrest warrants. In conclusion, he criticized that citizens had to finance the programs under threat of imprisonment. #Politik #AfD #Gesellschaft (translated)

Kolja Barghoorn ironically referred to the energy transition as a "masterpiece" and stated that instead of the promised cheap electricity, electricity prices are 16.4 percent higher than in 2021. He also pointed to billions in costs for grid bottlenecks and reserve power plants, battery storage that only lasts two hours at full capacity, and hydrogen, which has been considered a future technology for years. Barghoorn also criticized a new market created by the state, in which power plant operators would be paid for 15 years to provide electricity in case of outages from wind and solar power. He cited Blackout News as the source for the mentioned data. #Energiewende #Strompreise #Energiepolitik (translated)

Lower Austria is increasingly becoming a state for solar energy in addition to wind energy; this hybrid park is a model for other projects in the region. This way, we can further strengthen the security of supply in our country with domestic electricity. Support also comes from the state; Andreas Minnich, a member of the National Council representing Governor Mikl-Leitner, emphasizes: “Lower Austria is increasingly becoming a state for solar energy in addition to wind energy; this hybrid park is a model for other projects in the region. This way, we can further strengthen the security of supply in our country with domestic electricity.” #Solarpark #ErneuerbareEnergien #Niederösterreich (translated)

Wind and sun complement each other perfectly. "Wind and sun complement each other perfectly. That is why we are increasingly thinking about all our energy sites across technologies," says Markus Winter, Chief Technology Officer of Windkraft Simonsfeld. #Solarpark #ErneuerbareEnergien #Niederösterreich (translated)

Erik van Haren wrote that Max Verstappen had collected the most points since the summer break, despite his retirement in Zandvoort. According to Van Haren, the present Red Bull executives in Singapore saw reasons for optimism: the updates worked and a new wind tunnel would be coming in 2027. https://t.co/s1pCNL43wG #F1 #Verstappen #RedBull (translated)

During the Ironman World Championship in Hawaii, top favorites faced severe conditions due to extreme humidity and strong winds, while Vincent Luis surprisingly took the victory and the Dutchmen Youri Keulen and Menno Koolhaas both finished in the top ten. #Ironman #WKIronman #Hawaï (translated)

"We don't want windmills. (...) Show me a country with green energy, and I will show you a bankrupt country. You know, Germany tried it. They were about two days away from obliteration." US President Donald Trump claimed at a campaign event that the energy transition almost brought Germany to the brink of disaster. #Trump #Energiewende #Wahlkampf (translated)

Morlock No. 2 wrote that the green energy transition introduced by the CDU is picking up speed. He ironically noted that now not only the wind and sun, but also the provider no longer sends a bill. https://t.co/jkKkeDCnIN #Energiewende #ErneuerbareEnergien #Nachhaltigkeit (translated)

Emanuel Boeminghaus wrote that the eco-friendly energy provider Grüüün will cease supply to around 200,000 private customers nationwide by October 31, 2026. The company only started in 2024 and had advertised price guarantees of up to ten years. Affected customers will need to find a new provider. Grüüün cited planned changes to the Renewable Energy Sources Act and new regulations for power grid expansion as reasons. The company fears that this will lead to fewer wind power and solar installations in the future, making it impossible to maintain long-term price guarantees. Negotiations with the federal government have been unsuccessful, Boeminghaus wrote, referring to a BILD report from October 10, 2026. He explained that this case illustrates how political and regulatory uncertainty can jeopardize long-term business models in the energy sector. https://t.co/NINMEcNkUS #Energiewende #Strompreise #Deutschland (translated)

Anna asked whether a diesel agreement between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin could have been made before its announcement. She wrote that the tanker Minerva Zen left Saint Petersburg on September 22 – 17 days before Trump's announcement. The ship, sailing under the Greek flag, had an undisclosed destination since its departure and was supposed to reach the US East Coast on October 11 or 12, according to data from Windward and Vortexa, a week after the House of Representatives voted for the Graham sanctions law. The route is documented, but the cargo is not, Anna wrote. Shipping papers are not available; estimates range from 230,000 to 300,000 barrels of diesel. Shipping analyst Michelle Wiese Bockmann could not say whether the ship had been redirected after Trump's announcement or whether an agreement had already existed before. Anna also pointed out that the US Treasury Department had issued General License No. 135 less than 24 hours before the report, allowing the import of Russian diesel until April 2027. She related the issuance on Thursday, a phone call on Friday, and the departure of the tanker on September 22, stating that the timing seemed unusual. While Kyiv had urged Congress to implement the Graham law, Washington could have already planned differently, according to her account. She cited Windward and Vortexa, quoted by Nasha Niva, as well as UkrMedia and NPR. #DieselDeal #Trump #Putin (translated)

The author wrote that Nick Robinson appeared proud of the exchange, which they said reflected poorly on BBC journalistic standards and its approach to framing. They argued that Robinson had been aggressively defending the boundaries of acceptable debate, rather than acting as an impartial devil’s advocate.

In Frankfurt-Dornbusch, important aid supplies for Ukraine, including wheelchairs and diapers, were destroyed in an alleged arson attack on the storage facility of the initiative Frankfurt for Ukraine, while the police are investigating on suspicion of arson. #FrankfurtForUkraine #Brandstiftung #HilfeFürDieUkraine (translated)