Will the German power grid collapse if everyone drives electric cars?
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Will the German power grid collapse if everyone drives electric cars?

Electric cars – albeit more slowly than initially advocated by politicians – are slowly catching on in Germany. Although only a small percentage of the country’s car fleet is purely electric, more than a fifth of new cars registered in 2022 already have a purely electric powertrain. Many people are happy about this, since at…

How long could I heat my apartment with the heat wasted by my car?
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How long could I heat my apartment with the heat wasted by my car?

I just received the latest summary on my heating costs. The paper states that my energy costs will from now more than double. In such cases, one is first scared, and then begins to think feverishly about what can be done. Of course, a colder apartment and showering cold are not as attractive as some…

Finally 8 000 000 000!

Finally 8 000 000 000!

These days, in the middle of November 2022 the population of Earth just reaches 8 000 000 000. For us humans, it is a nice round number having 9 zeros in it (having 10 fingers on our both hands, probably therefore using the base-10 (decimal) number system). Fun fact: sloths (3 fingers on one hand,…