The problem of meeting demand is in industrial use and residential heating, both of which aren’t typically electrified in Germany. The problem has more to do with an active war and an industrial sector built on cheap Russian gas.

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aldonius 3 days ago | parent [-]

Yes, and if they want to net-zero all their energy, not just their electricity, they will need to do some mix of:

1. electrify those applications currently served by gas 2. import or manufacture carbon-neutral synthetic gas 3. buy a heck of a lot of offsets

	▲	prewett 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		And since we don't have the technology to remove CO2 from the atmosphere efficiently, buying offsets is spending a lot of money fooling yourself.