Are heat pumps expensive power guzzlers and wood heating systems much more sustainable? How many birds die because of wind turbines, how loud are wind turbines and how harmful to the environment are renewable energies? There is a lot of half-knowledge circulating around the topic of energy transition. It is often not easy to recognize what is true and what is myth, especially when the truth lies somewhere in between. That is why we are taking a closer look at seven energy transition myths - scientifically based and calm. We explain why our electricity is so expensive, how sustainable wood heating systems, heat pumps and hydrogen really are, whether wind turbines make us sick, how many birds die because of them and how harmful to the environment renewable energies are. Grab a cup of tea, make yourself comfortable, we'll get through it. CHAPTER 00:00 Intro 00:59 Costs of renewable electricity 05:57 Do wind turbines make you sick? 10:13 Pellet heating & sustainability 18:06 Heat pump: How it works & efficiency 24:46 Hydrogen as a solution for everything 26:09 Dead birds from wind turbines 27:27 Environmental damage from renewable energies 28:10 7 solutions for the energy transition 30:29 What can I do? ARTICLES ABOUT RAW MATERIAL MINING FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY ► Terra X - The truth about lithium: https://maithinkx.de/lithium ► Terra X - The metal planet: How raw materials secure the future: https://maithinkx.de/metall-planet ► Arte: Cobalt, the dark side of the energy transition (until December 23, 2024): https://maithinkx.de/arte-doku MORE MAITHINK X ► Instagram: / maithinkx ► Even more episodes & all Xpert Talks in the media library: https://maithinkx.de/alle-folgen ► Subscribe to the YouTube channel: http://bit.ly/2kru8qh A production by Mai Thi Nguyen-Kim and the bildundtonfabrik for ZDFneo. Imprint: https://kurz.zdf.de/MAImpres SOURCES BDEW (July 4, 2024), https://www.bdew.de/service/daten-und... Calculation of the causes of death of birds: https://maithinkx.de/voegel Federal Network Agency (July 8, 2024), https://climate.copernicus.eu/coperni... Federal Network Agency (as of September 2024), Price changes at the turn of the year 2023/2024, https://www.bundesnetzagentur.de/DE/V... Federal Network Agency (as of September 2024), How the electricity market works, https://www.smard.de/page/home/wiki-a... Federal Government (September 13, 2024), https://www.bundesregierung.de/breg-d... BMWK (as of September 2024), https://www.bmwk.de/Redaktion/DE/Doss... Copernicus (04.07.2024), https://climate.copernicus.eu/coperni... DEPV (28.04.2020), https://depv.de/p/Bessere-CO2-Bilanz-... Expert Council on Climate Issues (24.08.2023), https://dserver.bundestag.de/btd/20/0... Wind Energy Agency (May 2024), https://www.fachagentur-windenergie.d... Holzheu (08.08.2024), https://www.bayceer.uni-bayreuth.de/i... Knopper & Ollson (2011), Environ Health, https://link.springer.com/article/10.... Kost et al. (2024), https://www.ise.fraunhofer.de/de/vero... LUBW (2021), https://www.lubw.baden-wuerttemberg.d... Pedersen et al. (2009), J Acoust Soc Am, https://core.ac.uk/reader/148228924 Podstam Institute for Climate Impact Research (as of November 2024) https://www.pik-potsdam.de/de/aktuell... Priestley et al. (2023), Environ Sci: Atmos, https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/artic... Rigal et al. (2023), PNAS, https://www.kfw.de/%C3%9Cber-die-KfW/... Federal Statistical Office (as of September 2024), https://www-genesis.destatis.de/genes... Federal Statistical Office (December 16, 2022), https://www.destatis.de/DE/Themen/Ges... Federal Environment Agency (September 16, 2024), https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/umwelt... Federal Environment Agency (August 3, 2023), https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/themen...