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How will gas power Europe when the Russians shut off the gas?

If you want to go nuclear: OK, sure, so what do we use for power in the decade before the first plant comes online?

The advantage of nuclear is that it will work almost certainly, albeit possibly at a high cost. We should continue to invest into wind and solar where that makes economic sense. On the off chance that a magic energy storage technology comes along we can then phase out nuclear again. However, betting the future of an entire continent on the coming into existence of such a technology is wildly irresponsible.

None of the advantages of nuclear answer pjc50's question.

> coming into existence of such a technology

The tech already exists in multiple forms, the question is the logistics of expanding the deployment of that tech.

The conclusion remains valid, betting on that is irresponsible, but the energy storage isn't magic.

Well Europe is already invested in LNG. I imagine there will be more LNG terminals being built despite it not being great for the environment.

Ex: https://www.seattletimes.com/business/germany-announces-new-...

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