Weather expert Kachelmann bursts his collar because of a Twitter post by government spokesman Steffen Seibert. He makes serious allegations.
- In a tweet, government spokesman Steffen Seibert recorded lower nitrogen dioxide pollution as a success of environmental policy.
- This statement brought weather expert Jörg Kachelmann into a rage.
- He ranted violently over the government spokesman on Twitter and explained the reason for his anger.
Berlin - News about improved air quality should usually also be a reason for joy among weather experts. However, a corresponding statistic , which government spokesman Steffen Seibert published on his Twitter account on Wednesday, led to the opposite effect for Jörg Kachelmann: the weatherman was so upset by the tweet that he had to clear his anger with a counter-post .
Jörg Kachelmann rages on Twitter against Merkel spokesman Steffen Seibert
Statistics published by Seibert via Twitter showed that nitrogen dioxide pollution in cities and at traffic-related measuring stations decreased from 2018 to 2019 . " The environmental and transport policies of the federal, state and local authorities are working !" Commented Seibert on this development. He also emphasized that clean air is important for health and quality of life. Kachelmann would certainly go along with this, but the fact that Seibert records the lower nitrogen dioxide pollution compared to the previous year as a success of federal policy apparently stunned the weather experts.
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In order to seriously determine trends in air pollution control, one has to watch the development over ten years , writes Kachelmann on Twitter. When comparing individual years, one does not see the development of pollutants, but rather the days with poor weather conditions . "It was very low in 2019," continued Kachelmann. Then he took a verbal blow to Seiberts posting . "It is pitiful that weather is sold as a success by politics," says Kachelmann. And he goes one step further: Selling a purely meteorological reduction in pollutant levels as a success of politics is "a new dimension of unscrupulousness" .
Never forget: You can NOT see for single years:
the pollutant development,
One sees VERY with such single years:
The number of days with low-dispersion weather conditions.
It was very low in 2019.
That weather is sold as a success by politics is pathetic # Servicetweet https://t.co/9nRLEqXvOA
Kachelmann clears his anger at Seibert's tweet - the users thank him
This approach made Kachelmann "almost speechless" - but only almost. Despite the threat of speechlessness on Twitter , he cleared his anger at Seibert's tweet - many users of the social network thank him in the comments . Others join in the criticism of politics. "Is it fraud at the voter , or in other words: you sell the voters for stupid," complains a user. Another user writes: "Comparing that to 2018, where there was practically no wind or rain due to the concrete highs, is pretty cheeky ." So far, Seibert has not yet made public statements about the allegations.
By the way: Jörg Kachelmann has not only brought Steffen Seibert's post into a rage lately. The weather expert also gave a good deal on Twitter during a discussion about drying clothes.
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