Comments by "Luredreier" (@Luredreier) on "Why Europe Is Running Out Of Electricity And Gas (Putin)" video.

Nuclear power can't be ramped up fast enough, can't be ramped down fast enough, has huge up front costs and huge long term costs, is nonrenewable and simply isn't a viable option right now. Turning former nuclear power plants back on just isn't possible. The short term answer is goverment subsidized LNG, long term it's investment in both renewables and infrastrukture like long range power transportation. For instance here in Norway we have a lot of hydropower. Our dams could be turned into power storage facilities, pumping water upwards when renewables are producing a lot, then they can be tapped when energy availability is low. We're also planning and indeed we've already started to produce clean hydrogen that can be used to store and transport power till it's needed in the power grid. And so one and so forth. Power might not be available in one region of Europe. But between northern Norway and northern Africa there's usually renewable power being available *somewhere*.
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@DeadlySIlence92 Self sufficiency isn't really a good idea, it's really, really inefficient. That said, having some supplies of your own as well as a good strategic storage of certain vital resources can be a good idea. Like having some food production and stored food. Having some energy production and store enough energy. It gives you the time needed to find international solutions when issues crop up, and the option to scrape by if your access ends up being blocked. That's why Norway, the country I live in don't join the EU and keep tarrifs on good imports. We're never going to be self sufficient for food, and we shouldn't try. But ensuring that we have a little food production left surviving despite not being competitive helps. Likewise Germany should ensure that there's some domestic production of energy. But Germany just isn't the right place to produce the majority of the energy needed for Germany. Norway has more wind blowing and rain falling, so hydropower and wind farms is better to build here. Iceland and Italy have more vulcanic heat in the ground for thermal power plants. Northern Africa has more sunlight etc. Doesn't mean that Germany can't produce all of those things locally, you'll just never be as efficient at it as the better suited locations. Germany was well suited for coal power, but that's not a option anymore, so... You get the picture.
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