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With biomass plants, the government wanted to ensure that the climate targets would be met. The government set aside 10 billion euros for the construction of 628 biomass plants. Objections to the biomass plants soon arose: they would not be as CO2-neutral as was assumed and there would be more useful ways to use the biomass.

In 1905, the popsicle was invented by eleven-year-old Frank Epperson. He made a drink with water and some soda powder that he stirred through with a stick. Because his mother told him to go to sleep, he left the drink. When he woke up the next morning, it had frozen and the drink with the stick in it was frozen too. This was the first popsicle.

Columbus was looking for a faster sailing route to the Dutch East Indies. He planned to sail there via the West. With the financial support of the Spanish Queen Isabella, his ships left for the West, but instead of finding a new route to the Dutch East Indies there, he found the undiscovered continent of America.

In the autumn vacations of 2020 during the corona pandemic, the king wanted to go on vacation to Greece with his family. Stricter corona rules had just been announced and vacations were advised against, but what the king did was not forbidden. Yet the whole country fell over him and thought he was not living up to his role model and that this action showed a lack of solidarity and empathy.

As part of the energy transition in Woerden, the aim was to avoid the replacement of the natural gas grid, which is scheduled for 2030. But what is the best alternative to natural gas in this case? Who benefits and how do you weigh sustainability gains against costs and inconvenience?

A search for a way to give all 4,500 residents of the Overvecht district of Utrecht (The Netherlands)- 95% tenants, 5% private tenants and owners - an induction hob, without it costing them anything. This seemed to be (unjustifiably) low-hanging fruit for the 'natural gas-free in 2030' mission.