Good morning,
I just received a steep price increase from my energy provider enercity, raising the cost to 15 cents per kWh starting in August. That’s really tough, and I think prices will rise even further.
It’s a strange feeling to be thrown back so quickly into an energy supply situation where you have to figure out how to keep the house warm. It seems to me that the government has given up on the goal of enabling everyone to adequately cover at least their basic needs.
Goodbye central supply structures; now the winner is whoever has solar panels and a heat pump in their new build, while the others are left out.
Welcome back, coal heating 😕
Frustrated regards,
I just received a steep price increase from my energy provider enercity, raising the cost to 15 cents per kWh starting in August. That’s really tough, and I think prices will rise even further.
It’s a strange feeling to be thrown back so quickly into an energy supply situation where you have to figure out how to keep the house warm. It seems to me that the government has given up on the goal of enabling everyone to adequately cover at least their basic needs.
Goodbye central supply structures; now the winner is whoever has solar panels and a heat pump in their new build, while the others are left out.
Welcome back, coal heating 😕
Frustrated regards,
M
Myrna_Loy31 Jul 2022 10:59Marvinius schrieb:
If we had enough nuclear power plants running, we could even supply our neighbors with carbon-free electricity now and wouldn’t need the fossil backup for the "renewables."Hmm. Without cooling water, that’s rather difficult. Just try googling water levels.M
Myrna_Loy31 Jul 2022 11:24You can also look up nuclear power plants like Grohnde in online encyclopedias. They list the major outages, some lasting several months, that occurred during malfunctions. They also show the costs incurred from repairs. Safe, reliable, and cost-effective are something else.
Steven schrieb:
I only know of Germany having experienced a real "gas emergency." See, you do know the map. There are quite a few countries in and around Europe that can only dream of such an emergency. Admittedly, there are also countries that are better prepared, but that is because they never needed "much" gas in the first place.
Steven schrieb:
Some reliable, quickly deployable energy source is needed. Right now, only gas fits that description. Yes, but they still haven't managed to achieve that (roughly speaking, after 10 years we have reached only about 10-12% electricity from gas). Among other reasons, the east started reducing supplies long before the war began, always with questionable excuses.
Marvinius schrieb:
If we had enough nuclear power plants running, we could even supply our neighbors with CO2-free electricity now and wouldn’t need the fossil fuel backup for the "renewables."The myth of CO2-free electricity generation through nuclear power persists stubbornly but does not become more accurate for it (in fact, it is extremely misleading when considering all factors involved in mining and transporting uranium ore, construction, disposal, and operation of nuclear power plants, etc.).X
xMisterDx31 Jul 2022 15:54Marvinius schrieb:
If we had enough nuclear power plants running, we could even supply our neighbors with CO2-free electricity now and wouldn't need the fossil backup for the "renewables."And where do we bury the waste? In your garden?
It's always the same in these debates 😉
MisterD out.
Similar topics