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Re:How Bad Europe’s Energy Crisis Is by inb4_cancelled on Wednesday August 31, 2022 @11:07AM (#32663047)
What's the "green agenda" that you're referring to?

How are ICE cars being "banned" soon?

How will the consumption quadruple and why do you think that increased consumption won't be accompanied by infrastructure upgrades?

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Re:How Bad Europe’s Energy Crisis Is by thro388 on Wednesday August 31, 2022 @11:17AM (#32663223)
EU recently passed ban on selling cars from 2035, plus taxation etc.. So every car should be electric eventually. It takes decades (30 years) to build new new power plants, power lines etc..

So to make this plan realistic, there should be 50 (maybe 100) power plants under construction or in planning phase right now. Instead we are closing down power plants and reducing electric grid capacity!

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Re:How Bad Europe’s Energy Crisis Is by benj111 on Wednesday August 31, 2022 @11:30AM (#32663471)
When you say power plants, do you mean wind turbines and solar panels?
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Re:How Bad Europe’s Energy Crisis Is by thro388 on Wednesday August 31, 2022 @11:42AM (#32663702)
No, I mean a few GWs of stable power generators!
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Re:How Bad Europe’s Energy Crisis Is by benj111 on Wednesday August 31, 2022 @05:21PM (#32668524)
But we're trying to move away from fossil fuels, so what's the point in building power generators again?
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