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if this accelerates transitioning to renewables, it is not insane.
by beders 5y ago
if this accelerates transitioning to renewables, it is not insane.
- bryan0 5y agoWell it’s definitely accelerating transitioning to Russian gas. Edit: gas not oil
- fsh 5y agoGermany has never really used oil for producing electricity.
- loeg 5y agoGP probably meant Russian gas. They are also going to become net buyers of coal electricity from neighboring countries as a result of this. It's not a good move for the environment.
- bryan0 5y agoYup sorry! I realized after I submitted I meant gas. I’ll see if I can edit
- merb 5y ago> become net buyers of coal electricity even if, it's not because of that we have no coal. it's just not a good idea to use lignite (besides the co2 it also destroys tons of ecosystems which is probably beyond co2) and deep mining is basically dead in germany
- akyoan 5y agoYou can’t start up the equivalent of “half a country’s nuclear reactors” in 2 weeks. For this to happen you must already have an excess of renewables, which they obviously don’t have. What will happen is that more coal will be burned because coal always works and is instantly available; Sun and wind isn’t.
- otherme123 5y agoActually is not that difficult: three reactors out of six remaining are closing. Not saying that the closing is right, but the heading is a little click-baity. Reactors are only about 2-3% of installed capacity, about 6% of production. It's not good, but it's not a catastrophe either.
- plandis 5y agoI seems more like they are transitioning to Russian gas instead.
- Bud 5y agoIt won't accelerate anything. And in the meantime it takes a huge amount of reliable, non-carbon-producing, 24/7 generation capacity offline. Which is a very bad thing.
- prionassembly 5y agoThings can't be conditionally sane or insane. A winning gamble remains a gamble and people are right to balk and say "you bet the house on this?".