Germans are looking to firewood for energy as natural gas prices soar (qz.com) 7 points by paulpauper 4y ago ↗ HN
[–] rdtwo 4y ago ↗ At least in the USA firewood is super cheap and efficient heat. It’s just kind of a pain in the ass to run because modern fireplace inserts need to get really hot and therefore need to get reloaded every 4-6 hrs.
[–] rad_gruchalski 4y ago ↗ Don’t worry, the Greens will fix it by increasing co2 taxes on firewood. [–] sabertoothed 4y ago ↗ If people had listened to the Greens, the dependency on Russian gas would have been lower or none at all. [–] [dead] binbashthefash 4y ago ↗ [–] binbashthefash 4y ago ↗ Wild how we can openly bash conservation efforts but not the nationalists and neoliberals who got us into this mess.
[–] sabertoothed 4y ago ↗ If people had listened to the Greens, the dependency on Russian gas would have been lower or none at all.
[–] binbashthefash 4y ago ↗ Wild how we can openly bash conservation efforts but not the nationalists and neoliberals who got us into this mess.
[–] kylehotchkiss 4y ago ↗ if this is what’s best for Germany, are US and Canada loading up ships with firewood (and heat pumps) to help? [–] hulitu 4y ago ↗ of course. not.
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