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Re:Germany is closing half of its reactors before the end of... by diordiderot on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @06:05PM (#29656629)
Electricity absolutely, unarguably, is a substitute for gas.
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Re:Germany is closing half of its reactors before the end of... by stjohnswarts on Thursday December 23, 2021 @12:38AM (#29659006)
You act like everyone can just miraculously pay for an entirely new HVAC system on the spur of a moment?
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Re:Germany is closing half of its reactors before the end of... by diordiderot on Thursday December 23, 2021 @04:07AM (#29660063)
HVAC in Europe is, relative to America, non-existent

Edit: hyperbole ^

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Re:Germany is closing half of its reactors before the end of... by garmaine on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @06:34PM (#29656836)
Not when your building's central heating is done by a natural gas furnace. Not without expensive retrofitting.

(Which should be done. But it'll take time.)

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Re:Germany is closing half of its reactors before the end of... by dispat0r on Thursday December 23, 2021 @03:57AM (#29660006)
It should be done, but that's almost impossible. Retro fitting to a heat pump is very expensive, you have to replace all radiators with underfloor heating and the insulation has to be redone. While this is done, you can't live in your home.
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Re:Germany is closing half of its reactors before the end of... by diordiderot on Thursday December 23, 2021 @04:06AM (#29660055)
How can you say this so confidently when it's not true.

There are electric boilers...

Radiators are heated by boilers...

No heat pump necessary...

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