A turning point is a big word that aptly describes the change of heart in German defense policy.
Such a turning point can also be observed in municipal energy policy as a result of climate change and because of the serious consequences of the Ukraine war.
The ranks, which until now have stood firmly against the construction of wind turbines in nature and the countryside, are thinning out as quickly as the forests as a result of storm and drought damage and the devastating consequences of the spread of pests.
For some wind turbines, valuable forest would no longer have to be cleared because the trees have died.
The shallow-rooted spruce is leaving the forest community at breakneck speed.
Other tree species are also weakening.
In the densely wooded Rheingau-Taunus, the SPD has initiated a new attempt to use the remaining wind priority areas for the construction of wind turbines.
There is a good chance that Hohenstein and Heidenrod will not remain the only ones of the 17 municipalities that allow wind turbines in the foreseeable future.
Rotors are suddenly also conceivable in Idstein and Niedernhausen.
In Eltville, the SPD has achieved that at least no new trees are planted in the priority areas for rotors in the forest, which may later be cleared again.
This is a requirement of economic reason.
However, there are also purely economic considerations on the part of investors as to whether wind turbines will be built.
Hesse has allocated more land for rotors than most other federal states and has almost reached the two percent target.
But that says little about the actual use of the potential locations.
Investors are not yet knocking impatiently at the gates of the town halls to finally be able to invest millions in a wind farm whose efficiency lags far behind the offshore plants off the North German coast.
The construction of the "electricity highways" from north to south is even more important for security of supply.
It is not yet clear that the resistance of the citizens is waning here.