Why is this post above downvoted? The opinion in the last sentence aside, the post is just stating facts. Whether one supports the German plan to rely on gas-p

Why is this post above downvoted? The opinion in the last sentence aside, the post is just stating facts. Whether one supports the German plan to rely on gas-peaker plants or not, it is undeniably expensive to build and maintain plants that are not fully utilized but rather only act as a backup for times when renewables produce too little. The German government just decided to subsidize the construction of these plants with the equivalent of 17 billion USD [1]. It is already clear that more subsidies will be required [2]. [1] https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/germany-agrees-subsidy-plans-hydrogen-ready-gas-power-plants-2024-02-05/ https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/germany-agrees-subsi... [2] https://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/kraftwerksstrategie-das-sind-die-ersten-reaktionen-a-1d710736-91ae-4d37-923e-40e040546165 https://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/kraftwerksstrategie-das-si...