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NNadir

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3. Gee. Does this mean they'll stop drilling offshore for oil and gas? Will they finally be forced to shut off Germany...
Tue Feb 4, 2025, 01:30 AM
Feb 2025

...during episodes of Dunkelflaute?

In the first case, surely not, in the second, maybe.

In Norway, because they basically use hydroelectricity for most of their power, the climate effects of electric cars are certainly lower on than ICE cars, although as I reported elsewhere, this is hardly the case in many other places, including where I live:

A paper addressing the idea that electric cars are "green."

Of course, Norway is a major supplier of electricity to that coal dependent hellhole Germany during episodes of Dunkelflaute

They're not happy about the effects of the effect on domestic electricity prices that selling electricity to Germany to keep the lights on in antinuke heaven has:

The Norwegian Energy Minister States It Bluntly: "It's an absolute shit situation."



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