Re:Germany extends lifetime of all 3 remaining nuclear plants
by V__ on Monday October 17, 2022 @04:04PM
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Absolutely. But the switch to heat pumps will take time and won't change the situation right now. The political procrastination of the last decades is biting Germany in the ass right now.
Re:Germany extends lifetime of all 3 remaining nuclear plants
by JumpCrisscross on Monday October 17, 2022 @04:13PM
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> the switch to heat pumps will take time and won't change the situation right now
It could make a dent if seriously pursued, e.g. by focussing transitioning vulnerable households. The economic benefits of reduced electricity prices would also immediately accrue.
Re:Germany extends lifetime of all 3 remaining nuclear plants
by V__ on Monday October 17, 2022 @04:18PM
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There are currently multiple plans in the work and some already started. The goal right now is to install at least 500k heat-pumps per year. But, there aren't enough skilled heating contractors, so they are working on solving this as well.
Re:Germany extends lifetime of all 3 remaining nuclear plants
by merb on Monday October 17, 2022 @05:37PM
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Comparing france with germany is stupid. Btw these prices are old for Europe, you can basically x2 them (except france) the reason hey it is stupid, is because 0,19 is the number that the people Pay, But Not the actual number (they have fixed pricing kinda)
In fact france would be more expansive now, than germany.
German household electricity is double the price of America’s and considerably higher than France or Italy [1]. Were this not the case, more houses could be heated with electricity instead of gas and the coming recession made less painful.
[1] https://www.statista.com/statistics/263492/electricity-price...