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| Germany: Stockpiling wood in fear of gas shortage |
| 2022-07-28 |
| [DW] In search for alternatives to heating with gas, Germans are increasingly turning to wood. Wood-burning stoves are subsidized by the government, but experts warn of serious health repercussions. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #13 Speaking of Unter den Linden, old ways often being the best, and, um, Austrian enthusiasms... love me some Eberhard Kummer. Did I really just say that? Well, so what? Tinkly harp notwithstanding, I wouldn't trade him for a million of yer modern airy-fairy SCA metal-minstrels. |
| Posted by: Knuckles Grumble2372 2022-07-28 20:29 |
| #12 Re #4: IIRC, Jimmy Carter ordered all federal buildings to turn off hot water. I don't remember if that applied to showers. Of course, Jimmy also drive around DC at night to personally check that federal buildings had turned off their lights at night. |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2022-07-28 17:31 |
| #11 ^ I'm guessing the emissions from Greta would be about midway between wood and coal, but it's certainly worth looking into. |
| Posted by: Matt 2022-07-28 17:07 |
| #10 Graphic at link shows wood emissions (PM 2.5) for wood are about 12 times that of coal. What would Greta do? |
| Posted by: Bobby 2022-07-28 16:45 |
| #9 They should be stockpiling wind Great idea for a sci-fi plot. A society that has created the technology to generate a huge stationary hurricane far out at sea and then tap it for energy. Then they lose control... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2022-07-28 13:50 |
| #8 ^ They should be stockpiling wind. |
| Posted by: Matt 2022-07-28 13:47 |
| #7 The agitation this will cause environmentalists is worth the price. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2022-07-28 13:17 |
| #6 ^ one form of socialism or another. Seems the end results are similar. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2022-07-28 13:15 |
| #5 https://i.pinimg.com/736x/42/4b/9d/424b9df80f806438fbc64a30bbeb39ca--berlin--berlin-germany.jpg You can make the Unter den Linden look like 1945 again. Brilliant! |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2022-07-28 13:13 |
| #4 Germany turns off the hot water: Hanover becomes first big city to ban hot water in public buildings in response to Russian gas crisis |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2022-07-28 12:03 |
| #3 Welcome to the marvels of climate change zealotry! |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2022-07-28 11:48 |
| #2 So You Want to Eat a Tree |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2022-07-28 11:34 |
| #1 When we were in Germany back in the 60's it was fine to cut down or damage a tree. Has Germany started importing dried wood from another source or has it replenish the forests decimated during WWII. |
| Posted by: NN2N1 2022-07-28 07:28 |