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To prevent "freezing to death" would require heating, not electricity, which Germany has enough. It is the house heating that is powered by gas. And no one is going to freeze to death, the question is only the impact onto industry.

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Electric heat is always an option. If the gas runs out, portable electric heaters could be used, if the electric grid can keep up.

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Sure. And it can. We are talking about 3GW of nuclear on a grid which has like 100GW capacity vs 60-80GW consumption. Much more, if the sun is shining or wind is blowing. Yes, it is absolutely annoying to bring back some coal plants into service and using them more overall, but those 3 plants are only a small drip into the bucket.

If they would be easy to run longer, I would be all for it. But big money is better spent into reducing the gas dependency overall.

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Oh I agree, trying to backtrack and re-open those plants now is probably pointless. I'm just saying that gas is not needed for heat.