Uploaded on 2017-05-04 by Sabrina Lamberth-Cocca

Exercise 1: What are the dominant fossil fuels used in your country? Answer 1: The dominant fossil fuel used in Germany by far is oil, followed by natural gas. ----- Exercise 2: Where are the dominant fossil fuels mainly used for in your country? Answer 2: Oil is mainly used for transport. Natural gas is mainly used for "other", followed by industry. ----- Exercise 3: It is your task to create a new policy in order to improve the environmental friendly and sustainable sources and consumption of energy of your country. How would you do that? Think of how you can improve the sources and the consumption of energy. Answer 3: The most important leverage effect is to reduce the use of oil, especially in the transport area. I would limit or even ban the use of petrol and diesel cars during set periods (e. g. weekend, hot summer days) and/or in specific areas (e. g. cities), when it comes to individual transport. I would also foster the electrification of busses in the public transport area. Also I would support cities to become bike-friendlier, so that people will use their cars less. If you have a look at the photo, you will get an impression of the importance of having an own car for German people, even when they live in a city like Stuttgart with a very good public transportation infrastructure. On the picture, the cars are parked along the street in Stuttgart-West like a pearl necklace. But during day, they are used a lot, especially cars which do consume a lot of fuel like heavy or sports cars (e. g. Porsche). Also, in moste areas, there are no good cycle paths - it mostly looks like on the picture: narrow streets and pavements, together with a lot of cars standing in the way while parking (e. g. in the evening hours - try to cross a street and get back on the pavement or see clearly to the left and right!).