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Gas for heating (Fernwärme) could be replaced with nuclear plants that skip the process of using the superheated steam to produce electricity, and use the steam
by llampx 4y ago
Gas for heating (Fernwärme) could be replaced with nuclear plants that skip the process of using the superheated steam to produce electricity, and use the steam heat directly to supply heat to homes using the existing pipe network. The problem with this approach of course being that nuclear plants would have to be built far outside population centers, where the heat is required.
Another option is to use electricity for heating, either resistive heating or with heat pumps, which are already in use and have been subsidized until 2021.
Either way, it would not be the end of the world to move away from gas especially if you just can't get any.
Gas for chemical processes, I would have to defer to scientists for that.
- Arnt 4y agoFernwärme isn't gas for heating. Fernwärme in .de uses a variety of fuels, including gas. AFAIK none of the operators rely on a single furnace. Gas for heating is mostly furnaces in people's basements or bathrooms. Moving to electricity would require replacing a total of about thirteen million pieces of hardware. More if you count small and cheap things like gas stoves that can be replaced in hours of work rather than days. It's like a car in some ways: Once you've bought a diesel car, you don't have a choice of fuel any more. You've chosen.