[skrause]

That's why Germany is building a lot of new gas power plants. They're cheap to build and can be turned of and off really quickly, so it's okay if they're only really needed for a few weeks a year. The new power plants are also planned to be able to handle hydrogen which can be produced with electrolysis (during an oversupply of renewables) and then stored underground.

[orangepurple]

From where are they obtaining gas for these plants?

[skrause]

https://cdn.statcdn.com/Infographic/images/normal/30706.jpeg

Currently about half of the gas in Germany comes through pipelines from Norway, the other half is mostly from the the Netherlands and Belgium (which I think import a lot of LNG to ship to Germany).

[namaria]

> Netherlands and Belgium (which I think import a lot of ___ to ship to Germany).

Ah yes, NL's raison d'etre

[TheHiddenSun]

LNG is mostly imported from Qatar and Russia

Russia - is now (thanks to Germany) one of the top exporters of LNG. With some creative accounting (rewriting labels) of where the oil/gas/lng came from (Russia) -> even India is now a Net exporter of oil.

Please note that LNG is even more environmentally damaging than burning coal.

LNG: Schmutziges Flüssiggas | Doku | NDR | 45 Min https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94Vsee3WYqE

[seanmcdirmid]

Australia is a big exporter of LNG...they even need to liquify it to use it themselves (where gas is available is often too far away from where people are to use just pipelines).

[ponector]

How so? How many toxins and heave metals are emitted by burning LNG?