You don't have too
If nuclear is still working, demand for gas will be much lower hence lowering the dependency on Russia
(and while Russia is the biggest source, there's alternatives, and more will come up due to the conflict)
If nuclear is still working, demand for gas will be much lower hence lowering the dependency on Russia
(and while Russia is the biggest source, there's alternatives, and more will come up due to the conflict)
Source for all numbers: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/cache/sankey/energy/sankey.htm...
16.03e6 TJ gas total
2.03e6 TJ used for electricity only
2.30e6 TJ used for electricity & heat, 60% of resulting (usable) energy is electricity
-> 1.37TJ
-> 3.40TJ of gas used for electricity, around 21%
Had other industrial nations acted like France in the 70s our problems, health wise, climate change wise and geopolitical would be about 1000x better.
- Less uranium is being produced than being consumed.
- The Russian sphere of influence is responsible for most uranium exports by far.