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Gas usage for electricity is insignificant and irrelevant for the discussion at large. What Germany is concerned about is usage of gas for heating and in indust
by DasIch 4y ago
Gas usage for electricity is insignificant and irrelevant for the discussion at large. What Germany is concerned about is usage of gas for heating and in industry. Turn of the gas and realistically, parts of German industry will be destroyed at a 0.5-6% loss to GDP.
- hedora 4y agoBut the "insignficant" gas usage for electricity is more than total Russian imports. So, ramping up alternative electricity production would avoid the GDP hit and the dependency on Russia.
- akimball 4y agoSeems a de minimis cost compared to megadeath and a vast refugee crisis
- DasIch 4y agoThat's only a reasonable comparison to make, if there are no other options. If there are other options, which is clearly the case, you have to compare to those. A refugee crisis isn't all that bad by the way. Politically it's a problem but economically a 2016 scale refugee crisis every year would be quite good for Germany. Germany needs huge amounts of people, especially people working in trades, to do the work necessary to switch heat pumps, install solar, build more housing etc. They have to come from somewhere and demographics means they have to come from a massive increase in immigration.
- akimball 4y agoGood for the host, but not good for the refugees.