Overview
- The astrophysicist faults the state for prioritizing distant technologies and an unclear hydrogen plan instead of rapidly expanding renewables.
- He argues green hydrogen is a scarce industrial feedstock and rejects its use in cars, countering proposals by Economy Minister Hubert Aiwanger.
- As a member of the Bavarian Climate Council, he calls any rollback a setback while noting no formal decision to delay the target has been announced.
- Lesch urges a state-backed fund and broad citizen participation so residents share financially in the energy transition and acceptance rises.
- He says private actors have driven most renewable growth so far and presses for clear communication that heat pumps and electric vehicles are highly efficient.