In search of an exemplary excitement this week, the Ministry of Economic Affairs, unstoppable in this regard, has of course delivered. Groomsman affair, that sounds even better than heating hiccups, namely like daily soap, intoxication and, we're not afraid to say that, finally glamour. That's sometimes a problem in this country. And a little indulgence is required anyway, because, look into their hearts, and say honestly: Who doesn't want to work with their dearest friends? Would you like to finally reconcile family and career? Mime the Eulenspiegel and find the "best man" for the job that no one else could find? You see.

Anna-Lena Niemann

Editor in the "Technology and Engine" department.

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Another side effect of the Chose is that even the farthest corners of the republic have finally heard of DENA. The German Energy Agency is indeed a good institution, even if it could be less headless and possibly an even better one. It employs all sorts of smart people and can be a useful mediator between politics, business, research and consumers in many things. It doesn't matter if one wants to renovate his house and doesn't know where to start, or the other needs to make their business more energy-efficient to save money. At least some of the answers can be found often enough at DENA.

Just one example from the current occasion: If you type the hit "nuclear fusion" into the search bar of the agency's page, it offers exactly zero results. This is not bad in that it roughly corresponds to the chance in percent of being able to reliably tap such a power plant in the next five years. A German company may then be less likely to fall for the splendour of the technological utopia that has already made so many of them flourish. Even the really big ones. Microsoft, for example, which is now making common cause with the American company Helion and has secured exclusive fusion electricity. And that's from 2028 onwards. Helion actually promises, quite honestly, really, to merge into a 50-megawatt reactor, the first in the world, for all it's worth. You could also put five to six wind turbines on the Microsoft site for the amount of electricity, but of course that's less glamorous. So you dare to do something, without any witnesses.