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You have the cause and effect backwards. German homes are electric heated at a rate of around 5%[1], French at around 30%[2] (page 7). As electricity prices ar
by avar 2y ago
You have the cause and effect backwards. German homes are electric heated at a rate of around 5%[1], French at around 30%[2] (page 7).
As electricity prices are lowered (e.g. by state investment in nuclear) various things that use fossil fuels will shift over to electric.
1. https://www.cleanenergywire.org/factsheets/heating-40-million-homes-hurdles-phasing-out-fossil-fuels-german-basements https://www.cleanenergywire.org/factsheets/heating-40-millio...
2. https://heatpumpingtechnologies.org/annex46/wp-content/uploads/sites/53/2020/10/hpt-an46-02-03-task-1-counry-report-france.pdf https://heatpumpingtechnologies.org/annex46/wp-content/uploa...
3. https://strom-report.com/electricity-prices-europe/ https://strom-report.com/electricity-prices-europe/