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Germany is well able to produce enough energy to sustain its needs. It actually had to produce quite a surplus this year so far to support the European grid as
by _ph_ 4y ago
Germany is well able to produce enough energy to sustain its needs. It actually had to produce quite a surplus this year so far to support the European grid as a lot of French nuclear power plants had to be shut down for unscheduled maintenance and due to the drought.
But of course, gas is scarce, as Russia is only supplying a fraction of its normal supply, so there is a lot of reason to be energy efficient. Also, as a consequence of the shortage, energy prices are quite up. If there was ever a time to get serious about saving energy, now would be it.
- whywhywhywhy 4y ago> Germany is well able to produce enough energy to sustain its needs > But of course, gas is scarce, as Russia is only supplying a fraction of its normal supply So what energy can Germany actually produce on it's own? Because this just makes it sound like Russia is doing the actual work here.
- _ph_ 4y agoDepends on what you call "producing energy". Germany is generating enough electricity for its needs. Of course, that depends on importing fuels, like for most other countries, including the US. But it is already able to generate 50% of the electricity by renewables, which is rather high amongst the industrial nations.