Re:Reducing CO2 emissions by targeting the world's hyper-pol...
by cinntaile on Monday July 26, 2021 @11:35AM
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Cross-border electricity is what the future will look like though, it's not like it matters if the energy was generated in Germany or Finland when I turn on the lights at home.
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Re:Reducing CO2 emissions by targeting the world's hyper-pol...
by lazide on Monday July 26, 2021 @12:18PM
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It definitely does if your neighbor decides they need extra money and jacks up the rates and/or doesn’t like you anymore and shuts it off. Then it is whoever has the most self contained power wins.
Re:Reducing CO2 emissions by targeting the world's hyper-pol...
by cinntaile on Monday July 26, 2021 @12:37PM
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I don't think the scenario you describe is a realistic scenario within the European energy market. Prices are decided by supply and demand and the market is getting more interconnected so single points of failure become less likely.
I do wonder what happens in case there is no wind and no sun all over Europe and the demand is higher than the supply. It's probably very unlikely to happen but then countries will prioritize their own citizens (as we saw now during the covid crisis) and then we could have blackouts. I assume scenario's like these have been researched but I don't follow this subject, maybe someone else here knows?
Re:Reducing CO2 emissions by targeting the world's hyper-pol...
by ben_w on Monday July 26, 2021 @12:34PM
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While true, that feels about as likely as Bavarian independence.
Re:Reducing CO2 emissions by targeting the world's hyper-pol...
by lazide on Monday July 26, 2021 @08:20PM
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Russia has done it with natural gas in the last 10 years. The UK seemed like a great EU partner - until they weren’t.
Things change and over the span of 10-20 years, things can change dramatically. The life span of many of these decisions is 30 years or more.