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You make it sound as if it is possible to simply toggle some checkboxes to change policy. A lot of people are invested in previous policies, and change is not

by smokel 4y ago

You make it sound as if it is possible to simply toggle some checkboxes to change policy. A lot of people are invested in previous policies, and change is not always easy. The path forward is a very complex one, starting with the problem that not everyone agrees on the direction of forward. So, at the surface things may seem absurd, but if you try to untangle the underlying problems, it is probably more absurd to expect change so easily. And it is perhaps not reasonable to hold leaders accountable for the mess that they are trying to clean up.

koheripbal 4y ago
They toggled off their nuclear program, and even today the heads of those remaining nuclear plants are saying they can remain open. ...yet German re-committed to turn them off this year. There is some significant stupidity happening in Europe's energy policy.
seydor 4y ago
I 'm sorry what? Changing the marginal pricing which will do a lot to make prices more reasonable is doable today, spain and portugal already did it. Germany can use lignite this winter, and other countries too, under specific conditions, and even changing heating from gas to oil is doable, even now. Can take advantage of remote working to reduce consumption in many places. I mean the purpose of leadership is to find and show a direction when people disagree. But nobody is even proposing changes. And it's not like the EU needs to change its long-term policies, it can still support renewables (which will happen anyway now because it s cheaper), but in the face of war it should have already changed regulations temporarily and dust off some of those lignite plants. It is instead counterproductive to seek deals with awful countries like saudi or az or venezuela. It's been seven months since the war started, we can't pretend there is no time to react anymore
- karottenreibe 4y ago
  How can you change heating from gas to oil without exchanging the central heating device and installing oil storage canisters in every das heated home? How is that achievable on short notice?

by smokel 4y ago

koheripbal 4y ago

They toggled off their nuclear program, and even today the heads of those remaining nuclear plants are saying they can remain open. ...yet German re-committed to turn them off this year. There is some significant stupidity happening in Europe's energy policy.

seydor 4y ago

I 'm sorry what? Changing the marginal pricing which will do a lot to make prices more reasonable is doable today, spain and portugal already did it. Germany can use lignite this winter, and other countries too, under specific conditions, and even changing heating from gas to oil is doable, even now. Can take advantage of remote working to reduce consumption in many places. I mean the purpose of leadership is to find and show a direction when people disagree. But nobody is even proposing changes. And it's not like the EU needs to change its long-term policies, it can still support renewables (which will happen anyway now because it s cheaper), but in the face of war it should have already changed regulations temporarily and dust off some of those lignite plants. It is instead counterproductive to seek deals with awful countries like saudi or az or venezuela. It's been seven months since the war started, we can't pretend there is no time to react anymore

karottenreibe 4y ago
How can you change heating from gas to oil without exchanging the central heating device and installing oil storage canisters in every das heated home? How is that achievable on short notice?