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Ah, that's a very fair napkin calculation, the 4000GW number is obviously wrong. But I don't think it ruins the core of my argument; it wasn't hinging on Germa
by marvin 4y ago
Ah, that's a very fair napkin calculation, the 4000GW number is obviously wrong.
But I don't think it ruins the core of my argument; it wasn't hinging on Germany having reduced their annual power production by 99%. If Germany in fact shut down 15GW of nuclear production (15 plants), that's still on the order of 200 watts for every person in Germany, or one new 1000W resistive heater running 24/7 for every fifth household.
That's the kind of "on the margins" capacity that would indeed make a Russian gas embargo dramatically less painful.