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> No. Coal is used to generate electricity. No, in the first place it's used to generate heat, which is also used for generating electricity, but also to heat
by PurpleRamen 4y ago
> No. Coal is used to generate electricity.
No, in the first place it's used to generate heat, which is also used for generating electricity, but also to heat up homes and other systems. Nuclear Plants are simply not in a location where they can serve this purpose.
- themaninthedark 4y agoGermany is centrally burning gas and then distributing the heat to houses? And they had to switch their gas plants over to coal because Russia? I thought they just restarted old coal plants.
- PurpleRamen 4y agoYes, it's called district heating or teleheating. And generally is heat also a form of energy used in some other processes, not just for heating up buildings or streets. Energy-politic is far more complex than electricity and building big plants.