France ends gas heaters subsidies

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Post by lxm » Thu, Mar 17, 2022, 2:41 AM UTC

France ends gas heaters subsidies
reuters.com

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Post by rich_sasha » Thu, Mar 17, 2022, 8:19 AM UTC

The thing about Europe weaning itself off Russian hydrocarbons is that it was going to happen anyway, with all the green targets etc. It might as well happen a bit more quickly.

Especially so in France, which already has massive carbon-free electricity sources.

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Post by masklinn » Thu, Mar 17, 2022, 8:19 AM UTC

Good news, better late than never.

Just a shame this didn’t come 20-30 years back, when the country started working on migrating away from oil furnaces. While that was extremely successful it was mostly done by expanding nat gas municipal networks and replacing oil furnaces by gas-powered ones.

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#4

Post by ganzuul » Thu, Mar 17, 2022, 8:21 AM UTC

Paywalled.

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#5

Post by boobsbr » Thu, Mar 17, 2022, 8:36 AM UTC

masklinn wrote: post #3

Good news, better late than never. Just a shame this didn’t come 20-30 years back, when the country started working on migrating away from oil furnaces. While that was extremely successful it was mostly done by expanding nat gas municipal networks and replacing oil furnaces by gas-powered ones.

Interestingly, a lot of Belgian houses still use oil (mazout) furnaces.

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Post by nevermindiguess » Thu, Mar 17, 2022, 8:43 AM UTC

rich_sasha wrote: post #2

The thing about Europe weaning itself off Russian hydrocarbons is that it was going to happen anyway, with all the green targets etc. It might as well happen a bit more quickly. Especially so in France, which already has massive carbon-free electricity sources.

I’m sure it’s fine with your developer salary. Go tell the old lady with a meager pension or the family with three kids.

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Post by heyyeah » Thu, Mar 17, 2022, 8:45 AM UTC

I'm working on a project for France to rollout virtual power plant flexibility with domestic electric heating. We get pressure to rapidly increase the rollout now. Let me know if you want to join us!

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Post by nikanj » Thu, Mar 17, 2022, 8:46 AM UTC

boobsbr wrote: post #5

masklinn wrote: post #3

Good news, better late than never. Just a shame this didn’t come 20-30 years back, when the country started working on migrating away from oil furnaces. While that was extremely successful it was mostly done by expanding nat gas municipal networks and replacing oil furnaces by gas-powered ones.

Interestingly, a lot of Belgian houses still use oil (mazout) furnaces.

Belgium is still(!) planning on shutting down nuclear plants. Not sure how they justify the added dependency on Russian energy

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#9

Post by 369548684892826 » Thu, Mar 17, 2022, 8:46 AM UTC

nevermindiguess wrote: post #6

rich_sasha wrote: post #2

The thing about Europe weaning itself off Russian hydrocarbons is that it was going to happen anyway, with all the green targets etc. It might as well happen a bit more quickly. Especially so in France, which already has massive carbon-free electricity sources.

I’m sure it’s fine with your developer salary. Go tell the old lady with a meager pension or the family with three kids.

Developer salary in France is probably lower than a French pension.

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Post by MayeulC » Thu, Mar 17, 2022, 8:47 AM UTC

ganzuul wrote: post #4

Paywalled.

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