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Re:Germany is closing half of its reactors before the end of... by BenoitP on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @04:17PM (#29655350)
> Short term, gas is great for that

Still an unacceptable CO2 emission in my book. Natural gas is at 55,82 [kg CO2 / GJ], when coal is at 94,6 [kg CO2 / GJ]. [1]

So that's only 40% less pollution, and there are still huge quantities of coal that has yet to be replaced in Germany.

What's missing from your view is how you provide for baseload. Right now, what is baseload in Germany? It is coal: https://app.electricitymap.org/zone/DE

[1] https://www.volker-quaschning.de/datserv/CO2-spez/index_e.ph...

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Re:Germany is closing half of its reactors before the end of... by coryrc on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @06:35PM (#29656847)
Going to chime in with my usual statement, "baseload" as a concept only applies if you have energy sources which are cheap to run but can't scale up and down quickly. That is no longer the case.

What you mean to say is "we need to provide power all the time".

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Re:Germany is closing half of its reactors before the end of... by Panzer04 on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @08:24PM (#29657660)
Gas is better than coal in a strict sense, and a combo of gas and renewables will vastly reduce emissions, and in a way most people can deal with. Over time battery prices will fall and renewable install base will rise so that gas peaked eventually become unnecessary.
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