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There hasn't been a large change in imports of russian gas in Germany since the start of the Energiewende. [0] Gas is largely used for heating, electrical heati

There hasn't been a large change in imports of russian gas in Germany since the start of the Energiewende. [0] Gas is largely used for heating, electrical heating was never widespread and would not have been a viable alternative, even with keeping more nuclear power online, since it is uncompetititve without major subsidies. Anyway, gas consumption as a percentage of the total mix has been stable since before the start of the Energiewende. [1] Germany replaced some coal and nuclear with renewables and kept the rest stable while also substantially increasing total energy demand. Since your are quoting one of the worst people I've ever had the displeasure of having to listen to, it is curious that you ignore that the US is a major importer of russian resources, too, and is now silent now about boycotting russian imports. [2] It was all fun and games when the trade-off was that Germany would have to import expensive American natural gas, but biting in the sour apple yourself doesn't seem to be on the table, at least for now. [0] https://tradingeconomics.com/russia/exports/germany/mineral-fuels-oils-distillation-products https://tradingeconomics.com/russia/exports/germany/mineral-... [1] https://www.cleanenergywire.org/factsheets/germanys-energy-consumption-and-power-mix-charts https://www.cleanenergywire.org/factsheets/germanys-energy-c... [2] https://www.spglobal.com/platts/en/market-insights/latest-news/oil/012122-russian-crude-exports-to-us-highlight-risks-to-ukraine-talks-for-biden https://www.spglobal.com/platts/en/market-insights/latest-ne...

chrisco255 5y ago
By your own [2] above, Germany still consumes more than 67% of its energy from oil, gas and coal. Had it chosen to scale up nuclear instead of scale down nuclear, it would be less dependent on that 67%. France famously gets over 75% of its electricity from nuclear, and has plans to expand capacity by adding 6 more reactors [4] U.S. is not a major importer of Russian energy. U.S. is a net exporter of natural gas.[2]. Foreign imports for energy fell 30% under the previous admin [1]. Russia only accounts for 6.6% of our foreign imports [1]. And foreign imports have become less important for the U.S. as it has become a net exporter of oil & gas [3]. Under previous admin, our natural gas exports doubled [2]. [1] https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?n=PET&s=MTTIMUS1&f=M https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?n=PET&s=M... [2] https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/natural-gas/imports-and-exports.php https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/natural-gas/imports-and-... [3] https://dailyenergyinsider.com/news/29194-united-states-exported-more-petroleum-than-it-imported-in-2020-according-to-eia/ https://dailyenergyinsider.com/news/29194-united-states-expo... [4] https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy/news/macron-presents-frances-long-term-nuclear-heavy-energy-plan/ https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy/news/macron-presents...
- layer8 5y ago
  > Had it chosen to scale up nuclear instead of scale down nuclear, it would be less dependent on that 67%. In my understanding, it wouldn’t change much for the natural gas portion, because that can’t be replaced by electricity for the most part (heating).
  - redisman 5y ago
    Heat pumps? Resistive heaters?

chrisco255 5y ago

By your own [2] above, Germany still consumes more than 67% of its energy from oil, gas and coal. Had it chosen to scale up nuclear instead of scale down nuclear, it would be less dependent on that 67%. France famously gets over 75% of its electricity from nuclear, and has plans to expand capacity by adding 6 more reactors [4] U.S. is not a major importer of Russian energy. U.S. is a net exporter of natural gas.[2]. Foreign imports for energy fell 30% under the previous admin [1]. Russia only accounts for 6.6% of our foreign imports [1]. And foreign imports have become less important for the U.S. as it has become a net exporter of oil & gas [3]. Under previous admin, our natural gas exports doubled [2]. [1] https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?n=PET&s=MTTIMUS1&f=M https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?n=PET&s=M... [2] https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/natural-gas/imports-and-exports.php https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/natural-gas/imports-and-... [3] https://dailyenergyinsider.com/news/29194-united-states-exported-more-petroleum-than-it-imported-in-2020-according-to-eia/ https://dailyenergyinsider.com/news/29194-united-states-expo... [4] https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy/news/macron-presents-frances-long-term-nuclear-heavy-energy-plan/ https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy/news/macron-presents...

layer8 5y ago
> Had it chosen to scale up nuclear instead of scale down nuclear, it would be less dependent on that 67%. In my understanding, it wouldn’t change much for the natural gas portion, because that can’t be replaced by electricity for the most part (heating).
- redisman 5y ago
  Heat pumps? Resistive heaters?