186
J. Maaß
Hamburg
Lübeck
Schwerin
Börnsen
Itzehoe
Mölln
Salem
Ahrensburg
SandesnebenNusse
Plüschow
Grevesmühlen
Wedel
Haselau
Horst-Herzhorn
Rellingen
Kronprinzenkoog
Elmshorn
Seestermühe
Mitteldithmarschen
Cities,
Municipalities and
Joint Communities
in the
Western Corridor
Cities,
Municipalities and
Joint Communities
in the
Eastern Corridor
Fig. 10.1 Participating cities, municipalities and joint communities of both corridors (based on
Gertz et al. 2015, p. 125, author’s translation)
Participants in the serious game came from two different participating corridors
in the Hamburg Metropolitan Region (HMR). The decision-makers of both corridors (northwest from Hamburg to the district of Dithmarschen, and northeast from
Hamburg to the district of Northwest Mecklenburg) attended in several meetings
to develop their individual strategies on how to cope with rising energy prices
(Figure 10.1).
10.2 Post-Fossil Energy in the Twenty-First Century?
eLAN started in late 2010 and ended in 2014, coinciding with a phase of high crude
oil prices between 2012 and 2014. Much of the debate on the post-fossil-energy era
has been based on the assumption that the global fossil fuel supply was reaching (or
had already reached) its peak. Over the course of the project, the debate as well as
efforts to move into a post-fossil energy era became much more visible than they
had been before. There were several reasons for the strong upwards trend in oil
prices on the commodity markets (see also Carollo 2011; EWI and Prognos 2006;
Newman 2008); prices went over USD 100 per barrel. This meant a sudden doubling
in prices, and many market commentators considered the market to have crossed a
psychological barrier.
Decades of cheap fossil energy have influenced our settlement structures:
phenomena such as suburbanisation, accompanied by growing spatial distances
between relevant destinations and a growing commuting population, is one major
example of cheap and abundant fossil energy resources fostering such developments.
The questions eLAN posed therefore were: What happens if high energy prices
J. Maaß
Hamburg
Lübeck
Schwerin
Börnsen
Itzehoe
Mölln
Salem
Ahrensburg
SandesnebenNusse
Plüschow
Grevesmühlen
Wedel
Haselau
Horst-Herzhorn
Rellingen
Kronprinzenkoog
Elmshorn
Seestermühe
Mitteldithmarschen
Cities,
Municipalities and
Joint Communities
in the
Western Corridor
Cities,
Municipalities and
Joint Communities
in the
Eastern Corridor
Fig. 10.1 Participating cities, municipalities and joint communities of both corridors (based on
Gertz et al. 2015, p. 125, author’s translation)
Participants in the serious game came from two different participating corridors
in the Hamburg Metropolitan Region (HMR). The decision-makers of both corridors (northwest from Hamburg to the district of Dithmarschen, and northeast from
Hamburg to the district of Northwest Mecklenburg) attended in several meetings
to develop their individual strategies on how to cope with rising energy prices
(Figure 10.1).
10.2 Post-Fossil Energy in the Twenty-First Century?
eLAN started in late 2010 and ended in 2014, coinciding with a phase of high crude
oil prices between 2012 and 2014. Much of the debate on the post-fossil-energy era
has been based on the assumption that the global fossil fuel supply was reaching (or
had already reached) its peak. Over the course of the project, the debate as well as
efforts to move into a post-fossil energy era became much more visible than they
had been before. There were several reasons for the strong upwards trend in oil
prices on the commodity markets (see also Carollo 2011; EWI and Prognos 2006;
Newman 2008); prices went over USD 100 per barrel. This meant a sudden doubling
in prices, and many market commentators considered the market to have crossed a
psychological barrier.
Decades of cheap fossil energy have influenced our settlement structures:
phenomena such as suburbanisation, accompanied by growing spatial distances
between relevant destinations and a growing commuting population, is one major
example of cheap and abundant fossil energy resources fostering such developments.
The questions eLAN posed therefore were: What happens if high energy prices