By Miriam Krekel
It’s getting colder. The relieving rain of the last few days in Berlin is accompanied by cooler temperatures that make you shiver at some moments. First, because you’re not used to it anymore. Secondly, because an ice-cold dark autumn is announced.
When you read how Berliners are already reacting to the energy crisis, your heart almost warms. So many citizens are thinking about how to save electricity and gas, they use less hot water, turn off the lights when they don’t need them, and one told our colleagues that he watches less TV.
Don’t get me wrong: I think it’s great that everyone decides for themselves what, how much and how they want to contribute.
It’s getting harder in business. Bake bread without an oven? It does not work. Only box breads? Even the Governing Mayoress thinks that is absurd. Such specifications would be devastating, but the ideas are impressive.
What is clearly missing, however, are the creative ideas from politics. It is not enough to suggest that people should take shorter showers, heat less and dress warmly (in every sense).
The big visions of how to really help people in the energy and soon also their economic crisis are completely missing.