Mr Fiedler, how do you get to work?

how far is the way

Kira Kramer

Editor on duty at FAZ.NET.

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I drive to work by private car and it takes about an hour and 10 minutes one way, depending on traffic.

How high would the fuel price have to rise before you leave your car?

Five euros per liter or even more.

The problem is that my travel time using public transport would double.

Then I would be on the road for four hours a day instead of two.

That would mean I don't see my children before they go to bed or after they get up.

The petrol would have to be very expensive before I accept that.

Would you support a speed limit to save fossil fuels?

Yes I would.

A speed limit saves something – if not much.

I drive almost 50,000 kilometers a year, so I'm a frequent driver.

I mainly drive on the Autobahn and I can say that you get there even if you drive 130 or 140 kilometers per hour.

Do you have to do without everyday life to be able to pay your gas and electricity bills?

In purely financial terms, I wouldn't have to do without in everyday life.

But you are automatically limited by the price increases.

I turned down the heating in the winter, try to leave the car at home whenever possible to save electricity and I also take a closer look when I go shopping.

I'm very fortunate that I haven't had to limit myself so far.

Are you already taking steps to save energy?

How do you prepare for winter?

Luckily I don't heat with gas.

This is an advantage.

Otherwise, I think more about turning off the power strips, not leaving the lights on unnecessarily and not taking so many hot showers.

There are many areas in which I do a little something.

So far I haven't taken any extreme measures.

What does rising inflation mean for your own life?

When I go shopping for the week, I currently pay twice as much as before.

In order not to be in a position to have to turn over every penny twice, I prefer not to take my family on vacation this year.

But also because we have two small children.

That's fine with us.

What grade would you give the traffic light government for how it dealt with the Ukraine war and its aftermath?

I would give a grade 4.

I don't understand the concept of the traffic light government in the Ukraine war.

It makes sense from a security policy point of view to support Ukraine.

Many politicians see it that way too.

That is also often said, but something else is done.

A few rocket launchers and helmets are delivered, far too few.

I don't see in our government that there is actually a will to empower Ukraine against Russia – like the Poles or the Americans do.

Still, no one wants to openly say that we don't care if Ukraine loses.

It doesn't go together for me: what the government does and what it says.

You lack the concept.

Sven Fiedler is 30 years old and working.

In the "Seven Questions, Seven Answers" series of interviews, participants in the readers' debate campaign "Germany Talks" answer questions about the consequences of the Ukraine war.