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[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Electric stroves are common in Germany. Probably 95 % of the people have one. We don't have nuclear power plants and we still have a stable grid ;-) just sayin'.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I live in the US and I've never been in a house or apartment with a gas stove. Maybe they're more common up north where they use gas for heating.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

We don’t have nuclear power plants and we still have a stable grid ;-)

Yeah you burn coal, idk why you had to mention nuclear when their issue is that their grid is horrendously mantained becasue of greedy corporations.

[–] Deca 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So does Australia with its lobbied mining industry. Also Germany is close to reaching 50% renewables, surpassing Australia in their emission goals by at least several years

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Cool I guess. Nuclear is clean energy though. Anyway, this discussion is quite off the rails of the original comment chain, which is why I mentioned the need to mention nuclear when it was quite irrelevant to the conversation.

[–] Deca 2 points 1 year ago

Cool I guess. Doesn't matter cause at the end of the day, electric stoves (esp induction) are still far superior to gas and definitely do not break the grid as above article claims.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

You also have a 99% literacy rate and invest heavily in your education sector.