204 karma · joined September 3, 2017
(I'm German, in case that matters).
This entire discussion about nuclear is just a propaganda trick by the fossil fuel industry, which knows that nuclear can't be build in time. So people will rely on fossil fuels longer because they wait for nuclear while renewables and storage are presented as unattractive.
Just like Elon did with his hyperloop adventure to sabotage high speed rail.
And this is the look of the politician in question https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/35/Peter_Al...
* Blocked Biogas by imposing a limit on installed capacity
* blocked solar by imposing a limit on yearly added installed capacity (1GW)
* introduced the so called EEG-Umlage that made storage technologies unprofitable when used to store renewable energy
* introduced a shitshow of bureaucracy to prevent new solar and wind projects from coming online
* introduced another shitshow of bureaucracy to prevent new solar and wind projects from coming online on top of the existing shitshow
* undermine EU law by just not implementing it, for example regarding neighbours giving energy to each other
* introduced redicoulus "Abstandsregeln"/distance regulations, so for example open pit mines that use demolitions have an allowed min distance of 300m and windfarms 1000m
* When China poured billions into the companies forming China's solar industry, while German's companies had no help with their investments and funding
the list goes on and on and on and on...
For example, a heatpump can produce 5MW of heating from 1MW of electricity by concentrating the heat from the environment. An electric car is 90% efficient while a combustion vehicle is about 30% efficient, roughly speaking.
It would be great if this could be stated on the page.
I kept hackernews open in order that someone would explain to me what this actually does. Your comment thankfully fullfilled this.