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Should I panic enough in Germany to be wise to consider moving away? Where as a European?
by Tenoke 4y ago
Should I panic enough in Germany to be wise to consider moving away? Where as a European?
- andrepd 4y agoYou should definitely not move countries due to a post in hackernews.
- Tenoke 4y agoI'm hardly hearing about the electricity issue in Europe only from a single HN post.
- tuukkah 4y agoTo a house that is not heated by direct electricity (nor by gas), or to one where you have installed some other source of heating such as heat pumps or district heating.
- legulere 4y agoWhat do you think the heat pump and district heating runs on? Heat pumps still need electricity and district heating is often using gas.
- tuukkah 4y agoHelsinki's utility company today announced its district heating prices for the winter: +30% increase compared to last winter. This is in contrast to market prices +400% for electricity and +300% for gas. https://www.helen.fi/en/news/2022/significant-increase-in-costs-impacts-the-price-of-district-heat https://www.helen.fi/en/news/2022/significant-increase-in-co... Last year, already 20% of the district heat by the utility was from renewables, and in 2030 it should be all carbon neutral. https://www.helen.fi/en/news/2022/helen-and-elisa-to-heat-homes-in-helsinki-with-waste-heat-from-a-data-centre https://www.helen.fi/en/news/2022/helen-and-elisa-to-heat-ho...
- tuukkah 4y agoThese don't mean you'd be completely de-risked, but your electricity bill will be a fraction of what it would be otherwise and you'll end up relatively well off. My district heat comes from a giant heat pump that extracts energy from waste water etc. Some other typical district heat sources are biomass and coal. If it's typical to rely on gas, perhaps check that they have a plan to convert to some other energy sources if needed.
- Symbiote 4y agoMine in Copenhagen runs mostly from 'waste' heat from electricity production and waste incineration. The price (last time I checked) is the same as last year.
- PeterisP 4y agoIt's not a gas vs no-gas issue - if you need much less gas for the same size house, then you have removed most of the impact on you.
- kzrdude 4y agoTime to go to Tromsø. Forget about autobahn or even seeing the sun in the winter. Time for us to emigrate in northern norway where the electricity is still cheap.
- 323 4y ago> Looking for a change of scene? > Russia’s “beautiful women, cheap gas, and traditional values” await you, according to a bizarre new video shared by a Russian embassy. > The 53 second clip urges foreigners to “move to Russia” by listing the country’s supposed virtues. https://www.euronews.com/travel/2022/08/01/beautiful-women-and-no-cancel-culture-russia-welcomes-expats-with-bizarre-new-video https://www.euronews.com/travel/2022/08/01/beautiful-women-a...
- anticristi 4y agoOn a tangent, I read that 500 Russian soldiers die daily. Given that they are 19-22 old, I expect a huge gender disbalance in the coming generation. So yeah, pressure on Russian women to be "beautiful" (whatever that means to the dating market) will increase. Kind of cynical to advertise a self-fulfilling prophecy.
- bitL 4y agoYes, move to Dubai, it's the most stable part of the world right now, and you aren't going to freeze.