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
Marvinius23 Jul 2022 22:32MayrCh schrieb:
Balancing isn’t really your thing, is it?Please provide arguments, no cheeky accusations 🙂 Otherwise, the costs of generating electricity from gas should be borne by those who have claimed and continue to claim subsidies for photovoltaic systems and wind turbines. That would be an important step toward a more socially equitable republic.
MayrCh schrieb:
Accounting is not really your thing, is it?Consumer protection agencies are currently suing Tesla, among other things, over their CO2 claims, which are declared as zero. At the same time, Tesla sells CO2 certificates that allow other companies to emit more. Is this the kind of accounting you mean?C
chand198624 Jul 2022 11:03sergutsh schrieb:
Consumer protection agencies are currently suing Tesla, among other reasons, over their CO2 claims that are stated as zero. Tesla sells CO2 certificates that allow other companies to emit more. Are you referring to this type of accounting? For anyone thinking logically, zero clearly means net zero.
sergutsh schrieb:
Tesla sells CO2 certificates for thatThis is a dilemma that primarily has nothing to do with accounting, but exclusively with the sale of emission allowances. So no, I mean accounting, not emission credit trading.Marvinius schrieb:
From a realistic standpoint, we are essentially maintaining two parallel power generation systems: the "renewables" and the fossil fuel backup. Since the output of the "renewables" can drop to 0.0 kWh during those well-known periods of low sun and wind, the fossil backup system must be capable of covering 100% of demand, which would actually be sufficient for the entire electricity supply.
So it becomes clear that the "renewables" are basically completely unnecessary. And is electricity demand always the same? No, it isn’t. At night, consumption is lower. I once read that the day with the highest electricity demand was a very hot summer day, with many air conditioners running. But on those days, there is also plenty of solar power available. So you don’t need to have capacity for peak demand at all times.
The outcry that renewables are unnecessary completely ignores climate change. Don’t believe in it? Someone mentioned earlier "a gas that makes up 0.04%" — that might not sound like much. The fact is: this is 50% higher (!) than pre-industrial levels. That sounds more impressive, right? And this increase has been caused by humans. No one claimed that renewables are cheaper. But maybe the planet will still be livable for our children. That’s something I definitely care about—I have some!
You do need sensible storage options for renewable energy. These don’t have to be batteries only. Why not produce hydrogen or, even better, methane from excess renewable energy? That way, existing gas infrastructure could still be used.
It’s technically possible! What it costs is another matter. Currently, wind and solar power are sometimes curtailed.
Regarding biogas: a significant portion of land is used to grow animal feed. This will likely decrease with reduced meat consumption. You can’t grow wheat—the most important cereal for bread—year after year, either. Instead of animal feed, energy crops and biomass for biogas plants could be cultivated (of course, adapted to the local region and specific conditions). Naturally, there must be a net energy gain compared to production efforts.
As far as I understand, biogas has also been politically constrained. There is certainly potential for more development.
Conclusion: If someone doesn’t believe that a 50% increase in atmospheric CO2 caused by humans has affected the climate, they will not be convinced. They may think we can simply burn fossil fuels forever without consequences.
For everyone else, all one can say is: let’s take action. Renewable energy is by no means pointless. Quite the opposite! All the technology needed is already available today—without the use of nuclear power, by the way. We just need the will and to implement it!
And the endless complaining, “But what’s the point if others don’t do their part?”—someone has to start! As Michael Jackson already said: “I'm starting with the man in the mirror…”
There was a recent article that offers encouragement in a magazine that you might even want to put on the wall. Five things that can inspire hope that progress is happening elsewhere in the world as well. We are by no means as alone in Germany as it is often portrayed.
It’s technically possible! What it costs is another matter. Currently, wind and solar power are sometimes curtailed.
Regarding biogas: a significant portion of land is used to grow animal feed. This will likely decrease with reduced meat consumption. You can’t grow wheat—the most important cereal for bread—year after year, either. Instead of animal feed, energy crops and biomass for biogas plants could be cultivated (of course, adapted to the local region and specific conditions). Naturally, there must be a net energy gain compared to production efforts.
As far as I understand, biogas has also been politically constrained. There is certainly potential for more development.
Conclusion: If someone doesn’t believe that a 50% increase in atmospheric CO2 caused by humans has affected the climate, they will not be convinced. They may think we can simply burn fossil fuels forever without consequences.
For everyone else, all one can say is: let’s take action. Renewable energy is by no means pointless. Quite the opposite! All the technology needed is already available today—without the use of nuclear power, by the way. We just need the will and to implement it!
And the endless complaining, “But what’s the point if others don’t do their part?”—someone has to start! As Michael Jackson already said: “I'm starting with the man in the mirror…”
There was a recent article that offers encouragement in a magazine that you might even want to put on the wall. Five things that can inspire hope that progress is happening elsewhere in the world as well. We are by no means as alone in Germany as it is often portrayed.
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