Fairy tale lesson?
Once upon a time, there were opponents of geothermal energy who wanted to implement a citizens' petition in the town of Waghäusel against the construction of a geothermal power plant. They also had the sufficient number of signatures to successfully submit this to the municipality.
Unfortunately, the municipality took a closer look at the request of the citizens' initiative and found that it had to be rejected.
https://www.wochenblatt-reporter.de/waghaeusel/c-lokales/widerspruch-und-dann-klage-gegen-den-gemeinderat_a366506Quotes: "For "purely formal reasons," as they themselves concede, the city administration and the majority of the municipal council rejected the citizens' petition. We were caught cold with the reasoning (drafting error)."
The opponents of geothermal energy were upset and vowed to take revenge. The municipality must do what the citizens want.
https://www.schwetzinger-zeitung.de/meinung/leserbriefe_artikel,-leserbrief-ich-weiss-dass-ich-nichts-weiss-_arid,1943920.htmlQuote: "According to the citizens' initiative, the brief was intended to make "politicians, licensing authorities as well as plant operators" agree with the citizens' initiative."
It comes still more violently for the Geothermal opponents. Now the majority of citizens also want to support hydrothermal geothermal energy, as stated in the final report "Bürgerschaftsrat Erdwärme Breisgau".
https://www.badenovawaermeplus.de/downloads/erneuerbare-energien/geothermie/abschlussbericht-erdwaerme-breisgau.pdf#page=56Quotes: "The citizens come to a surprisingly clear vote for themselves.Many would not have expected these results due to the heterogeneity of the group and the critical experience background of Staufen, Basel and Vendenheim in the region."
"With a large majority and with only one vote against, the Random citizens are in favor of the project."
That now also the city of Landau agrees to the further operation of the geothermal power plant, the third drilling and the lithium extraction can only be a failure of the author.
https://www.windkraft-journal.de/2022/06/17/zero-carbon-lithium-stadt-landau-unterstuetzt-den-ausbau-der-geothermie-und-lithiumgewinnung/176357Quotes: "The city council announced that the local expansion of renewable energies is of particular importance for solving the challenges. On the one hand, for climate change, but also for maintaining globally interconnected supply chains. According to the city council, geothermal energy can make a significant contribution here, as unlike solar and wind, it is base-load capable. Lithium extracted from thermal water in the Upper Rhine also offers a great opportunity to counter the declared climate emergency in Landau."
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