Climate policies in Germany by Kai Neumann

the green party in Germany has become quite popular with its concrete action (not enough I would say, but nevermind). now the opposition but also the coalition partners have started a populist's war of wrong memes to diminish the success. this model shows the factual problems: - to call for e-fuels is a classic shifting the burden (https://www.know-why.net/model/C1kJRE4Z6_4plDyg7AWl8iw) - to call for market forces is good, yet there is the psychological obstacle that people want no change and that they d...

Germany's potential for a new role in the world by Kai Neumann

Just the start of a model to answer to a post on linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-germany-cannot-lead-west-michael-weidokal Germany has of course not the size to determine world politics, but it is big enough to serve as a role model that could foster change around the world. My concern, however, is that neither Angela Merkel nor Martin Schulz are of a visionary type to change towards a role model. Once, we follow the trend of higher military spending, and if we continue to ignore the proposa...

Power2Gas by Greenpeace Energy by Kai Neumann

I was interested to change to a power to gas subscription from greenpeace energy in which they offer to invest into power to gas (wind and solar energy is electrolytically transformed into methane that can be transported with the existing fossile gas network) yet to be built. I disliked that right now there is only a minor proportion of power to gas included in their regular fossil gas supply and that there are too few investors. I argued that they should offer a high priced but consequent product which ...

PERSONAL QUALITIES NOT MEASURED BY TESTs by d3dhemmer

Als Dalai Lama gefragt wurde, was ihn am meisten an der Menschheit verwundert, antwortete er:  "Der Mensch. Er opfert seine Gesundheit, um Geld zu verdienen. Wenn er es hat, opfert er sein Geld, um seine Gesundheit zurückzuerlangen. Und er ist so auf die Zukunft fixiert, dass er die Gegenwart nicht genießt. Das Ergebnis ist, dass er weder die Gegenwart, noch die Zukunft lebt. Er lebt so; als ob er nie sterben würde und schließlich stirbt er, ohne jemals richtig gelebt zu haben." When Dalai Lama was asked...

iM Version 8 feat iM-Optimizer by Kai Neumann

This is just a very small model to show the iM-Optimizer feature coming with version 8 of the iMODELER. For more see the Menu....Presenter. Don't hesitate to ask for more explanation here on KNOW-WHY.NET and please post your own enhanced versions of this model.

Profit through cooperation with competitors by Kai Neumann

This model explores the challenges and the potential benefits of cooperation between competitors. Its connections need to be weighted. Most measures now are more costs than benefit ...

Jobs of the future by Kai Neumann

Just a small model on the developments of jobs to share on KNOW-WHY.NET for inspiration. Aspects like the increased demand for information technology and its consequences e.g. for less demand for expensive cars are not included, yet.