In an interview on a Bild podcast, Swiss-based meteorologist Jörg Kachelmann strongly criticized Germany’s approach to dealing with heatwaves and climate issues, telling the German audience, “You’re a really crazy country.”

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Kachelmann told Bild the current European heatwave is unprecedented but that Germany and Switzerland got relatively “lucky” because the core of the heatwave was centered further west over France.

On recommendations on how to deal with heat waves, Kachelmann sharply rejected advice like keeping windows closed during hot daytime hours, arguing that this practice only makes conditions for elderly people in small apartments far more miserable with a higher risk of dying. He criticizes politicians for inconsistency, specifically targeting the Green Party for supporting wood and pellet heating, which he points out is even worse for the climate than burning coal, oil, or gas.

Deep-seated anti-science bias

Kachelmann refered to Germany as a “really crazy country” (“durchgeknalltes Land”) due to what he sees as a deep-seated anti-science bias and cultural superstition surrounding basic cooling methods. For example, one widespread superstition leads Germans to fear drafts flowing across rooms and air conditioning, believing they cause stiff necks or illness, rather than using fans or AC units to save lives during extreme heat.

“Globally speaking, we’re the number one country for superstition. Nowhere else in the world is there so much superstition,” Kachelmann said.

German schools still being built with cooling systems

Kachelmann also points to real-world consequences of this mindset, such as a school that is currently being constructed in Cologne without installing any cooling systems. Indeed, that’s one glaring peculiarity in Germany. If the climate alarmists truly believed any of their doomsday claims regarding future heatwaves, you’d think the country would have started installing air conditioning systems decades ago, But they didn’t. Either they never believed their own rhetoric, or they are completely comfortable with watching people die.

In Kachelmann’s view, prioritizing unfounded fears over scientific reality during dangerous heatwaves makes the population “uneducated and hostile to science,” directly contributing to preventable heat-related deaths.

Made by man-made climate change!

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When it comes to science, Kachelmann is a man-made climate alarmist, blaming this summer’s Western European hot weather on climate change due to greenhouse gases. He says Berlin could have reached 45°C had the heat been centered over Germany instead of France. In his view, the heat wave came with the label: Made by anthropogenic climate change. An absurd claim that completely ignores natural causes and history.