diE gRüNeN wOlLeN uNs UnSeRe aUtOs wEgNehMeN!!!

And thanks all the people that voted against efforts to move to renewables, continue to block them and opposed a law that would transition us away from fossil heating.

I believe those people are called "conservatives".

Thanks Merkel for keeping us dependent on russian gas.

And let's thank the SPD for making us depend on russian gas in the first place.

The Putin puppets (AFD, FN, Fidez,..):

1. Reject push for renewable energy (muh coal, muh diesel)
2. "Subsidies are fascist"
3. "Wah, wah, can't afford my environment destroying car/heater anymore"
4. "Thanks Obama"

I'm not familiar with German newspapers, do you have an article from another newspaper I could replace the link with?

Okay, OP already changed the link, cause I thought "since when is destatis rightwing?"

but then the rent gets more expensive for everyone? or am i dumb?

If you have old people as neighbours above and below you'll sit at 23°C without ever turning the radiator on in the deepest winter.

I feel offended that you seem to be right, because I'm a German and I rarely heat at all.

Yeah I was going to ask, what is proper indoor temperature for Germany anyway, like 18°C?

You need to put on the heater in many homes because otherwise you will get mold. It depends on the house, of course. Doesn't matter how much you cross ventilate. :(

That assumes everyone experiences heat and coldness the same which isn't the case. I for example need around 20 degrees to feel alright in warm clothing. But on the other hand I am fine in around 43 degrees in the summer and wouldn't use any AC below that.

Also young kids and older people have different needs as well.

If you wanted to regulate this, the time and money needed to care for everyone who get an exception from this rule could likely be used instead to heat everyone's home.

For just sitting around 18 or 16°C is way too cold.

Even in warm clothing.

I wish I could do that. Unfortunately my rented flat requires 23°C of heating to prevent mold thanks to bad windows that cannot be fixed due to the house community not wanting to pay for replacing them. And yes I'm practicing proper venting, supported with several devices for timing. I'm so glad I'll be moving out soon.

If you put on some warm clothes, 18°C are absolutely fine.

Not if you're very young, very old, or have any one of an endless list of health conditions

I think there are also different mentalities. Just last winter, I had a similar discussion, where someone explained to me that the room heating is meant to fully offset the temperature, so he can walk summer and winter in shorts, t-shirt and barefoot. So it's 23°C in winter.

While I'm used to wearing jogging pants and socks indoor during winter, so 18°C is fine for me.

Then again, you also have to adjust for personal preferences, different sex, different heating infrastructure etc. But 23°C to go shorts and barefoot in winter was an extreme reveal to me, that people do something like this as well.

there is studies that concluded an increased risk of getting colds, when the indoor temperature is consistently below 20 °C