I prefer the whole dricket, roastd with a bit salt. They taste a little bit like small shrimps. But as you eat them with exo scelleton, they are crunchy.
Ever been on a german airport? If it has free wifi, you can access the airport news, flights and landings, and the weather, that's it. For 'internet' you either pay $5 for an hour or two or $20 for a day.
Regarding internet and WiFi Germany is the most backyard country I ever experienced, but well, resident customers have 20Mbit and up connections... not sure how gould that is when my cellular connection in Denmark or Thailand *feels* faster.
One plant out of many reducing output is very different than the entire wind output of Germany falling because of low wind conditions. Hint: look on a map.
If you want to talk about CO2 emissions then in future make sure if you want to talk about electric power generation, or per person consumption. You factor 10x makes no sense even if we talk about electric power, idiot. Get some math skills...
Considering that France produces about 65% of its power with nukes and renewables, and Germany about 50% of its power with nukes and renewables, the remaing part is 35% on Frensh side and and 50% on Germanies side.
Even a low brain like you might realize that 35% on one side and 50% on the other side can not add up to a 10x factor. (Considering that both numbers refer to the same coal and gas plants anyway)
No idea why you are so obsessed with stuff you neglect to research. Yes, I saw about 1000 - 10000 death from Chernobyl. If you don't believe it, that is your problem not mine.
Gas prices between the EU (esoecially German, that build the gas pipelines between the EU and Russia) are based on 30 year long running contracts. Every ~5 years a new contract running for 30 - 50 years over a new contingent of gas is made. The prices are 'fixed', or in other words, there are clauses binding the gas price to the world market oil price. E.g. every 3 month the price is adjusted to/by the average of the previous 4 or 6 month oil price. With that you have a set of 6 contracts, overlapping each other and expiring one by one every 5 years. There is absolutely no way the russians can manipulate the EU gas prices based on their own gas delievery.
And they can not cut of Europe. The whole of Euore has enough gas storage and local gas production e.g. in the north sea to run the whole EU for minimum 5 years,
If the russions would 'invalidate' one contract, we could cancel all of them, who you think is hurt more? The poor EU citizen who does not care if gas prices double or the Russian economy that loses 50% of its gas customers?
The idea that the EU, in particular Germany, is dependent on Russian gas is just fud, and who believes it, is an idiot.
France has since ten years continuously 30% of its plants offline...maintenance and security upgrades. During summer time, another 30% go offline because of low water levels in the ricers, they lack cooling water. No idea were you get this from: and heat related shutdowns are very rare Since the 1990s that happens every year: AGW! And Germany is the partner who provides the back up.
In fact, most of Germany's net import periods coincide with low wind output nationally and higher demand. That is not a coincident, that is how power production and markets work. Why should we ramp up a coal plant when we can import power cheaper than produce it with our own plants? Hint: the fact that we back up the French grid is usually a mutual deal of assistance, and not only purely run via the EEX. Hence we get power back when it fits them, us, and the rest of the market.
If we would talk here about two restaurants needing beef and beer no one would complain if the two owners help out each other by exchaning beer and beef. But because we are talking about Germanies Energiewende, helping each other out is now a bad thing?
The owners don't need to help each other out, they can run to the next super market and pay the super market price instead...
The im-/exports of power between european nations is purely based on EU markrt conditions. There is no single nation in the EU that could not disconnect from the EU grid and take care for its own power. Believing otherwise is complete idiocy.
No, they don't sell it back, when rices are high. Pumped storages are used for balancing power: they are continuously used to stanbelice the grid. Usually grid operators have day ahead and month ahead contracts with pumped storage providers.
Consumers interested in that are connecre to the EEX. And that the pwer prices will turn negative is known hours in advance. See, that happend on a mayour holliday. To take advantage from that you have to get workers into a factory... pretty difficult on short notice. So bottom line likely other energy companies bout the power to refill pumped storafes or do other fancy stuff with it.
Why do people always bring up that 'French myth'? Germany has a suplus power production of iver 50%. Bottom line since 20 years Germany is anet exporter to France (we export more to thenm, than we import back). There were a few years where this was reversed, France exported more than it imported back. Bottom line we talk about percentages in the 1% range. France imports perhaps 1% - 2% of its power from Germany, and Germany imports 0.5% - 1% of its power from France (while exporting same time 30% of its production to Swizerland, Spain or Norway or Denmark) Im-/export of power in a european grid, counted by country, makes no sense. Especially if you compare two neighbours. Especialy when idiots like you inly repeat myth that never were true anyway.
Fact is: France nuclear power plants would not run without Germanies power exports to France. Because in summer they have not enough cooling water, hence no power to run the plants, hence no power to refill their pumped storages. So: they import cheap German renewable power to refill their pumped storages that they need for balancing power?
And, asshole? Do you see what is wrong in my statement above? No you don't. So I tell you. Actully my claim, that they can not run thier nukes without power from Germany is wrong. They could simply by the power from Spain, Italy, or Norway. You see, what a simple lie. But: power from Germany is cheaper.
Sorry, your numbers make no sense. You can easily go to e.g. http://www.check24.de/ to get offers for 3 person house hold for electricity and gas. No one pays more than 150â and you can cut it down to 120â easy. Your 289â make no sense, perhaps you wanted to type 180â?
which is why Germany is struggling to pay for Energiewinde. Germany is struggeling with many things: o kindergarden places for young kids o integration of immigrants o direct democracy o mediocre school system (or a steady decline in absolvents quality from schools) o aburd (secret) high amount of unemployment - plenty of more, I'm to lazy to think about right now
But the 'Energiewende' is nit amoung thise things. It is running rather smooth and in another 20-30 years germany will dominate the European markets with clean Energy. But thank you for your concern!
German residental customers usually don't pay a grid fee. Greed fees are payed when you don't buy from your local utility, but from elsewhere.
Summary, they are paying 29.16ct per kWh for 5.63ct worth of electricity. How do you calculate the 'worth'? Production cost, depending on power plant, is around 4.5 cents. So you think, the government should not put VAT on it? And you think transportation, aka grid fee, should be free?
Then "additional fees" are already included in the comparision of energy prices, otherwise comparision would not make any sense. I pay 16cent per kWh, and that comes down to 19cents in total including all fees and taxes.
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That is nonsense ...
Yeah, your parent is either misinformed or spreading false information intetionally.
Strictly speaking, the Aryans are not white, and blonde hair is super rare amoung them. But we do not need to tell that KKK and Nazis.
The rus(sians) are not vikings.
The rus(sians) are slavic, the vikings are germanic (or teutonic as the english oddly call the germanic tribes).
And yes, if you look at it from a 'racial' point of view: they look completely different.
Taiwan is switching to Wind and Solar, like everyone else.
So why would it need nukes? When it in parallel reduces need for oil/coal etc. anyway?
I prefer the whole dricket, roastd with a bit salt.
They taste a little bit like small shrimps. But as you eat them with exo scelleton, they are crunchy.
Ever been on a german airport?
If it has free wifi, you can access the airport news, flights and landings, and the weather, that's it.
For 'internet' you either pay $5 for an hour or two or $20 for a day.
Regarding internet and WiFi Germany is the most backyard country I ever experienced, but well, resident customers have 20Mbit and up connections ... not sure how gould that is when my cellular connection in Denmark or Thailand *feels* faster.
One plant out of many reducing output is very different than the entire wind output of Germany falling because of low wind conditions.
Hint: look on a map.
Europe has no frozen rivers anymore since 1977, when AGW (and river heating by nukes) started to take effect.
Load levels for every power plant are projected days and weeks into the future.
Regardless if coal, wind or solar.
If you want to talk about CO2 emissions then in future make sure if you want to talk about electric power generation, or per person consumption. ...
You factor 10x makes no sense even if we talk about electric power, idiot.
Get some math skills
Considering that France produces about 65% of its power with nukes and renewables, and Germany about 50% of its power with nukes and renewables, the remaing part is 35% on Frensh side and and 50% on Germanies side.
Even a low brain like you might realize that 35% on one side and 50% on the other side can not add up to a 10x factor. (Considering that both numbers refer to the same coal and gas plants anyway)
No idea why you are so obsessed with stuff you neglect to research. Yes, I saw about 1000 - 10000 death from Chernobyl. If you don't believe it, that is your problem not mine.
You are an idiot.
Gas prices between the EU (esoecially German, that build the gas pipelines between the EU and Russia) are based on 30 year long running contracts. Every ~5 years a new contract running for 30 - 50 years over a new contingent of gas is made. The prices are 'fixed', or in other words, there are clauses binding the gas price to the world market oil price. E.g. every 3 month the price is adjusted to/by the average of the previous 4 or 6 month oil price.
With that you have a set of 6 contracts, overlapping each other and expiring one by one every 5 years.
There is absolutely no way the russians can manipulate the EU gas prices based on their own gas delievery.
And they can not cut of Europe.
The whole of Euore has enough gas storage and local gas production e.g. in the north sea to run the whole EU for minimum 5 years,
If the russions would 'invalidate' one contract, we could cancel all of them, who you think is hurt more? The poor EU citizen who does not care if gas prices double or the Russian economy that loses 50% of its gas customers?
The idea that the EU, in particular Germany, is dependent on Russian gas is just fud, and who believes it, is an idiot.
I'm more thnking about a mechanical mining computer (Baggage, or how ever he is spelled) that creates coins while drivig :)
You are extrmely uninformed about the european and french grid ...
What do you mean with historical? .the french grid has problems since about 1990/1993 ... for me that is historical enough.
France has since ten years continuously 30% of its plants offline ...maintenance and security upgrades.
During summer time, another 30% go offline because of low water levels in the ricers, they lack cooling water. No idea were you get this from: and heat related shutdowns are very rare Since the 1990s that happens every year: AGW! And Germany is the partner who provides the back up.
In fact, most of Germany's net import periods coincide with low wind output nationally and higher demand.
That is not a coincident, that is how power production and markets work. Why should we ramp up a coal plant when we can import power cheaper than produce it with our own plants?
Hint: the fact that we back up the French grid is usually a mutual deal of assistance, and not only purely run via the EEX. Hence we get power back when it fits them, us, and the rest of the market.
If we would talk here about two restaurants needing beef and beer no one would complain if the two owners help out each other by exchaning beer and beef. But because we are talking about Germanies Energiewende, helping each other out is now a bad thing?
The owners don't need to help each other out, they can run to the next super market and pay the super market price instead ...
The im-/exports of power between european nations is purely based on EU markrt conditions.
There is no single nation in the EU that could not disconnect from the EU grid and take care for its own power.
Believing otherwise is complete idiocy.
My prices are going down since 5 or more years.
True is that residental consumers don't get their power from the EEX.
Sorry, there is no german who pays 32cents. Except perhaps on an isolated island.
No, they don't sell it back, when rices are high.
Pumped storages are used for balancing power: they are continuously used to stanbelice the grid.
Usually grid operators have day ahead and month ahead contracts with pumped storage providers.
Consumers interested in that are connecre to the EEX. ... pretty difficult on short notice.
And that the pwer prices will turn negative is known hours in advance.
See, that happend on a mayour holliday.
To take advantage from that you have to get workers into a factory
So bottom line likely other energy companies bout the power to refill pumped storafes or do other fancy stuff with it.
Why do people always bring up that 'French myth'?
Germany has a suplus power production of iver 50%.
Bottom line since 20 years Germany is anet exporter to France (we export more to thenm, than we import back).
There were a few years where this was reversed, France exported more than it imported back.
Bottom line we talk about percentages in the 1% range. France imports perhaps 1% - 2% of its power from Germany, and Germany imports 0.5% - 1% of its power from France (while exporting same time 30% of its production to Swizerland, Spain or Norway or Denmark)
Im-/export of power in a european grid, counted by country, makes no sense. Especially if you compare two neighbours.
Especialy when idiots like you inly repeat myth that never were true anyway.
Fact is: France nuclear power plants would not run without Germanies power exports to France. Because in summer they have not enough cooling water, hence no power to run the plants, hence no power to refill their pumped storages. So: they import cheap German renewable power to refill their pumped storages that they need for balancing power?
And, asshole? Do you see what is wrong in my statement above? No you don't. So I tell you.
Actully my claim, that they can not run thier nukes without power from Germany is wrong.
They could simply by the power from Spain, Italy, or Norway. You see, what a simple lie. But: power from Germany is cheaper.
Sorry, your numbers make no sense.
You can easily go to e.g. http://www.check24.de/ to get offers for 3 person house hold for electricity and gas.
No one pays more than 150â and you can cut it down to 120â easy.
Your 289â make no sense, perhaps you wanted to type 180â?
which is why Germany is struggling to pay for Energiewinde.
Germany is struggeling with many things:
o kindergarden places for young kids
o integration of immigrants
o direct democracy
o mediocre school system (or a steady decline in absolvents quality from schools)
o aburd (secret) high amount of unemployment
- plenty of more, I'm to lazy to think about right now
But the 'Energiewende' is nit amoung thise things. It is running rather smooth and in another 20-30 years germany will dominate the European markets with clean Energy.
But thank you for your concern!
German residental customers usually don't pay a grid fee.
Greed fees are payed when you don't buy from your local utility, but from elsewhere.
Summary, they are paying 29.16ct per kWh for 5.63ct worth of electricity.
How do you calculate the 'worth'? Production cost, depending on power plant, is around 4.5 cents.
So you think, the government should not put VAT on it? And you think transportation, aka grid fee, should be free?
Then "additional fees" are already included in the comparision of energy prices, otherwise comparision would not make any sense.
I pay 16cent per kWh, and that comes down to 19cents in total including all fees and taxes.
Germany is nit destroying bio habitats.
Actually the amount of forrests in Europe, not only Germany, is increasing ever decade.
Your Ethanol example is just nonsense ...