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>> Creating more renewable energy is pointless unless it reduces/replaces the use of fossil fuels. >It does. Maybe read the article before commenting? There's
by marcus_holmes 7y ago
>> Creating more renewable energy is pointless unless it reduces/replaces the use of fossil fuels.
>It does.
Maybe read the article before commenting? There's a whole section in there explaining why this isn't happening (for heating)
- lispm 7y agoIt's not happening because it is no goal in the energy policy to promote large scale electrical heating and there is no cheap surplus energy (different from what the article claims). There will be some expansion in the area of heat pumps, but it will be slow. The renewable energy expansion is used to replace current non-renewable electricity usage. Then we will see more renewable energy electricity used to decarbonize traffic (trains, cars, trucks, busses, ...).
- atoav 7y agoElectrical heating is seen as an emergency solution in Germany. There are nearly no homes with electrical heating systems in place, and if people heat electrical it is when their central heating system is broken. I think most Germans wouldn't even get the idea to heat electrically.