Freiburg: Germany's futuristic city set in a forest

Post by imtringued » Mon, Sep 14, 2020, 9:25 AM UTC

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> wondering if it got worse - if they did manage to build more nuclear plants like French did (75% from nuclear) instead of closing them all down, maybe Germany will be able to heat their homes without CO2 emissions in winter. They don't need to build anymore, they just import it. I lived 30km away from Alsace, and despite us having a significant amount of solar on all of our buildings, as did most of the local commu…

So what was the reason for your house being cold other than the ill-timed rennovation? Germany is a net electricity exporter, we don't "depend" on French nuclear energy. But of course, Germany is part of an Eurpean grid, so depending on the load distribution and the weather, there is a lot of inporting on exporting, because eletricity is traded across long distances. While often there is a significant amount of elekt…

Post by tluyben2 » Mon, Sep 14, 2020, 10:24 AM UTC

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> how much of that is survivorship bias? No idea; it's only anecdotal obviously. But not unheard of; it used to be quite normal in Germany to have small (1-2 person) GMBH's to get rather large contracts for big corps and if you have a 'real company' suddenly no-one expects you to rock up monday morning at 9. In the Netherlands it still works well, as it does in Portugal and Spain; other markets I do not know. > how m…

But how did you get your customers to just let you be remote from the get go? Here it would be impossible as, due to the culture, trust is made only through in person meetings. Nobody will just pay company for services without face-to-face meetings and on-prem presence.

Post by Ericson2314 » Mon, Sep 14, 2020, 3:29 PM UTC

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Which history?

Chernobyl, Fukushima, and a long list of smaller accidents: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_and_radiation_accide...

Post by pelasaco » Mon, Sep 14, 2020, 8:51 PM UTC

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we did it, even if because of that we increased astronomically our water usage and humidity in our apartment trying to dry them daily. Beside a new laundry machine because the diapers. But it didn't help us when we we were on the way, traveling (train or plains) or in kindergarten. So the solution isn't binary, and people saying "just do it", either didn't though the problem through or never had kids. Fun fact, once…

Agree. We also only do it at home (but use less energy since we’re drying them on a rack). Here it’s quite dry so the added humidity helps.

Post by LargoLasskhyfv » Mon, Sep 14, 2020, 9:36 PM UTC

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wondering if it got worse - if they did manage to build more nuclear plants like French did (75% from nuclear) instead of closing them all down, maybe Germany will be able to heat their homes without CO2 emissions in winter.

> wondering if it got worse - if they did manage to build more nuclear plants like French did (75% from nuclear) instead of closing them all down, maybe Germany will be able to heat their homes without CO2 emissions in winter. They don't need to build anymore, they just import it. I lived 30km away from Alsace, and despite us having a significant amount of solar on all of our buildings, as did most of the local commu…