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But even still having all nuclear power plants wouldn't help us much in the current situation, would it? We need gas not for power generation (we do, but that's
by schroeding 4y ago
But even still having all nuclear power plants wouldn't help us much in the current situation, would it? We need gas not for power generation (we do, but that's only ~ 1/6 of the whole consumption, and will be lower if we use gas only to stabilize the power grid - we still have coal power plants on stand-by that can reduce the load on the gas power plants), but for our industry and heating. It's mostly burned directly.
Sure, we could have replaced every boiler with a heat pump in the last 10 years, but we didn't. So we need gas for half of all buildings and that cannot be replaced by nuclear power. And we need a steady supply, as many gas boilers have old fuses that kick in if the gas pressure changes, bricking the boiler until a specalist resets it. So we can't even realistically ration it. :(