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Yeah I very much doubt that. Until last year, the energy policy of Germany, one of the richest countries in the world, depended on cheap gas from Russia. It t
by yongjik 4y ago
Yeah I very much doubt that. Until last year, the energy policy of Germany, one of the richest countries in the world, depended on cheap gas from Russia. It took Russia's invasion of Ukraine to force them to reassess their policy.
And their short-term solution? Buy gas from other countries.
- TheLoafOfBread 4y agoAgree Energiewende is dead end, because Germany is missing energy storage to fill out intermittencies, which is now substituted by gas. And that energy storage kind of does not exist. (aka something what can keep lights on in whole country at least over night, not few minutes like batteries)
- bjourne 4y agoIf it is one thing I've learned from Hacker News it is that the gut feelings and knee-jerk reactions of anonymous posters always and invariably trump whatever "researchers" publish in their peer reviewed so called "journals".
- TheLoafOfBread 4y agoLike being spammed around 2015 that self driving will be common around 2020 or electric cars cheaper than ICE any moment. BEVs are now more expensive than ever, expected to suffer battery shortages for next decade and are economically unviable thanks to expensive energy.
- karmakurtisaani 4y agoNot sure if you're aware, but the first self driving taxis are publicly operating in San Francisco.
- TheLoafOfBread 4y agoI am aware of that, and they are more than useless. https://www.thedrive.com/news/a-swarm-of-self-driving-cruise-taxis-blocked-san-francisco-traffic-for-hours https://www.thedrive.com/news/a-swarm-of-self-driving-cruise...
- paulryanrogers 4y agoGas vehicles aren't necessarily more affordable if you factor in all their externalities.
- TheLoafOfBread 4y agoWhen you will do it for gas and BEVs, then you will ends up with same difference in price between them or even worse difference if your grid is running on coal.
- paulryanrogers 4y agoEasier to change a few power plants to cleaner sources than every vehicle on the road.
- TheLoafOfBread 4y agoI can see how easy it is, when Germany is now facing energy crisis and will rather open coal power plants than get going more renewable ones.
- paulryanrogers 4y agoCompared to replacing every vehicle on their roads I think they'd rather install cleaner power sources. Of course their poor planning has put them in a bind. Still, not a situation better served by continuing to produce ICE vehicles.