• personwithakeyboard@lemmy.ml
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    2 years ago

    Well we should just stop using gas anyway, no? Why are we continuing with this insanity when the world is literally burning?

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      2 years ago

      Even if you generate all your electricity from renewables, you still need natural gas for non-electricity uses like fertilizer or chemical manufacturing.

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      2 years ago

      Maybe because a high amount of people are heating their flats using gas and it is not possible to change that short term.

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        2 years ago

        Sure, but it is not like this situation/discussion is new or surprising. You sleep in the bed you make yourself.

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      2 years ago

      Because there is no alternative (except freezing). Renewables wont do much in cold, windless winter nights.

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        2 years ago

        Well, except that there are plenty of sources of renewable energy that neither depend on wind or the sun. And a well isolated home needs only minimal heating anyways.

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          2 years ago

          And which exactly provide enough energy to power an entire country?

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            2 years ago

            Its a mix from various sources and energy saving efforts. Its not like natural gas is providing the entire energy needs of Europe either.

        • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml
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          2 years ago

          Sure, but creating the infrastructure to tap into these energy sources takes a long term commitment, and a lot of energy. Europe is clearly isn’t capable of committing to such a project, and now it lacks the energy needed to do so.