Publications

@misc{Radermacher2021bb,

title = {Methanol - Central building block of a sustainable energy future},

author = {F. J. Radermacher},

url = {https://www.fawn-ulm.de/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/210712-Methanol-as-central-building-block-of-a-sustainable-energy-future_Gastkommentar_Geitmann_layout_v2_clean.pdf},

year  = {2021},

date = {2021-07-01},

abstract = {Germany focuses too much on national goals in the fight against climate 

change (climate nationalism). However, these are of little relevance in the 

global context. This focus leads to unfavorable strategies, for example in the 

areas of green electricity, green hydrogen and synthetic fuels. All 

considerations are dominated by scarcity and exorbitant costs because we 

want to produce in Germany by oneself what actually and rationally should 

be imported, just as we currently import 70 % of our energy.},

howpublished = {Kommentar},

keywords = {English, Klima-Nationalismus, Klimawandel, Methanol, Zukunft},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {misc}

}

@misc{FJR2021-10-Hinweise,

title = {Mögliche Beiträge zur Erreichung der neuen Klimaziele nach dem Urteil des Bundesverfassungsgerichts},

author = {F. J. Radermacher},

url = {https://www.fawn-ulm.de/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/210528-Moegliche-Beitraege-zur-Erreichung-der-neuen-Klimaziele_layout.pdf},

year  = {2021},

date = {2021-05-28},

abstract = {Das deutsche Klimaziel bis 2030 wird von 55% Reduktion im Vergleich zu 1990 auf 65% erhöht. Seit 1990 sind im energienahen Bereich 40% Reduktion von etwa 1050 Millionen Tonnen CO2 auf 630 Millionen Tonnen CO2 gelungen. Dies war vergleichsweise einfach im Vergleich zu dem seit Ende 2019 – in der ersten Version des Klimaschutzgesetzes – anvisierten 55% Reduktionsvolumen bis 2030. Das entspricht weiteren 160 Millionen Tonnen Reduktionsvolumen und einer Zielgröße von 470 Millionen Tonnen CO2.



Die jetzt kurzfristig erfolgte Verschärfung auf ein 65%-Ziel bis 2030 erhöht das erforderliche Reduktionsvolumen um etwa weitere 100 Millionen Tonnen CO2 pro Jahr auf die Zielgröße von nur noch etwa 370 Millionen Tonnen CO2-Emissionen in 2030. Mit den bisherigen Strategien ist das ohne einen massiven Rückbau der deutschen Wirtschaft und die massive Einschränkung von Freiheitsrechten der Menschen nicht erreichbar. Der nachfolgende Text gibt Hinweise, wie die zusätzlichen 100 Millionen Tonnen CO2 (dargestellt werden sogar 140 Millionen Tonnen CO2) entlang neuer Lösungswege zu vertretbaren Kosten eingespart werden können.



Zentrales Element des Vorschlags ist eine Beimischungsquote für synthetische Energieträger / Kraftstoffe von 15 % bis 2030. Dieser Anteil von z. B. Methanolbenzin zu herkömmlichem Benzin ist klimaneutral. Chemisch sind beide Substanzen im Wesentlichen identisch, so wie es auch keinen Unterschied zwischen Strom auf Basis fossiler Energieträger und grünem Strom gibt. Die Kostenunterschiede zu heute sind sehr gering. Die auf diese Weise einsparbare CO2-Emissionsmenge ab 2030 beträgt ca. 60 Mio. Tonnen CO2 pro Jahr im energienahen Bereich. Bis 2040 kann durch stetige Erhöhung der Beimischungsquote auf diesem Weg mit 400 Mio. Tonnen CO2-Einsparungen pro Jahr der Großteil der für „Klimaneutralität 2040“ erforderlichen Reduktionen an CO2-Emissionen in Deutschland erreicht werden.

},

howpublished = {Diskussionspapier},

keywords = {Klimaneutralität, Klimaziele, Methanol, synthetic fuel},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {misc}

}

@misc{FJR2021-10-Hinweise-EN,

title = {Possible Contributions to meet the new climate targets after the ruling of the German Federal Constitutional Court},

author = {F. J. Radermacher},

url = {https://www.fawn-ulm.de/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/210528-Possible-Contributions-to-meet-the-new-climate-targets_layout_EN.pdf},

year  = {2021},

date = {2021-05-28},

abstract = {The German climate target by 2030 is increased from 55% reduction to 65% compared to 1990. Since 1990, 40% reduction from about 1050 million tons of CO2 to 630 million tons of CO2 has been achieved in the energy-related sector. This was comparatively easy compared to the 55% reduction volume by 2030 envisaged since the end of 2019 – in the first version of the climate protection law – which corresponds to further 160 million tons of reduction volume and a target of 470 million tons of CO2.



The tightening to a 65% target by 2030, which has now been implemented in the short term, increases the required reduction volume by about another 100 million tons of CO2 per year to the target figure of only about 370 million tons of CO2 emissions in 2030. With the current strategies, this cannot be achieved without a massive deconstruction of the German economy and the massive restriction of people's freedoms. The following text gives indications how the additional 100 million tons of CO2 (even 140 million tons of CO2 are presented) can be saved along new solution paths at reasonable costs.



The central element of the proposal is a blending quota for synthetic energy carriers / fuels of 15% by 2030. This proportion of e.g. methanol gasoline to conventional gasoline is climate neutral. Chemically, the two substances are essentially identical, just as there is no difference between electricity based on fossil fuels and green electricity. The cost differences compared to today are very small. The amount of CO2 emissions that can be saved in this way from 2030 onwards is around 60 million tons of CO2 per year in the energy-related sector. By 2040, a steady increase in the blending quota will make it possible to achieve the majority of the reductions in CO2 emissions of 400 million metric tons of CO2 per year required for "climate neutrality 2045" in Germany.},

howpublished = {Discussion paper},

keywords = {climate protection, English, Methanol, synthetic fuel},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {misc}

}

@misc{Radermacher2020,

title = {„double-green” methanol / „double-green” synthetic fuels},

author = {F. J. Radermacher},

url = {https://www.fawn-ulm.de/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/200824_Radermacher_double-green_methanol_en.pdf},

year  = {2020},

date = {2020-08-04},

abstract = {Methanol is an “anchor substance” for a climate neutral world. Methanol and its derivatives (synthetic climate-neutral fuels) open up the possibility, among other things, to make the entire traffic, including the dominant number of existing vehicles with combustion engines, climate-neutral. The same applies to individual heating and cooling solutions. In the area of mobility, neither the vehicles nor the infrastructure needs to be changed. In the area of heating/cooling systems, the extremely costly energetic renovation of existing buildings can be abandoned. Such approaches are already possible today (including current taxes) for less than 2 Euro per liter of fuel / heating oil, if only sufficient quantities of green hydrogen were available at affordable prices.},

keywords = {English, Methanol, synthetic fuel},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {misc}

}

@misc{Radermacher2019bb,

title = {Methanol economy and Development and Climate Alliance},

author = {F. J. Radermacher},

url = {https://www.fawn-ulm.de/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Methanol-Allianz-Kurzinfo-engl.pdf},

year  = {2019},

date = {2019-07-01},

abstract = {Parts of our society are moving into panic mode in view of developments in the en-ergy and climate sector. Climate hysteria has been chosen as the word of the year 2019 in Germany. Some politicians are pursuing almost planned economy solutions, such as the implementation of electromobility via regulation and massive specifica-tions for the energy-efficient renovation of buildings, all while neglecting cost-benefit considerations. Our country is threatened with a considerable loss in prosperity and significance. This is not a sustainable approach. What should be done instead?},

keywords = {Allianz für Entwicklung und Klima, English, Methanol},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {misc}

}