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leonidasrup 3 hours ago

> when the wind doesn't blow

During day hours and with clear weather it's solar.

Currently at night in Germany it's: imports from other countries + coal power plants + gas power plants + little bit of hydro/biomass.

The plan for coming decade is to replace coal power plants with new subsidized gas power plants.

https://table.media/en/europe/news/gas-fired-power-plants-eu...

well_ackshually 2 hours ago | parent [-]

So, relying on others to fix your mess + catastrophic emissions + catastrophic but less so emissions + something pretty much at full capacity.