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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 nuclea
by 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 agoHeat pumps? Resistive heaters?