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[answered] Electricity prices are more than double gas prices in Belgium (so why do Belgians overwhelmingly favor electric ovens?) (fedia.io)

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

I'll summarise why this is wrong too

Ignoring other renewables
Ignoring French nuclear imports
Ignoring current state but talking about possible future plans

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Ignoring other renewables

I have accounted for all the renewables mentioned in the linked wikipedia page, which covers sources as insignificant as hydro (<1%). What else is there? Have you thought about updating wikipedia with whatever you think is missing?

Ignoring French nuclear imports

That would only increase the proportion of fuel energy even more, which only works against your botched claim. If you want to count French nuclear, then the portion of solar, wind, and hydro is proportionally even less. Brussels currently has a nuclear power plant inside the region. Why do you think it would it be sensible to transmit over such distance? That would introduce even more substantial inefficiency in the transmission.

Ignoring current state but talking about possible future plans

The status quo only has 1 year left on it. And nuclear power still has the same stages of energy transition loss you’ve failed to debunk. What’s the point? Your claim is nonsense either way.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

No you haven't. Read your own source. Hint: biogas

Also, nuclear fuel is not gas, so this speaks for electric stoves, silly.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

No you haven't. Read your own source. Hint: biogas

biogas was used in 2009, not in 2020 when the stats were collected. Nor would it matter if it were still used. Hint: it would be an increase on the 80%.

recall: fuel energy → heat energy→ steam → turbine → transmission → heat energy

Also, nuclear fuel is not gas, so this speaks for electric stoves, silly.

That’s fuel. That’s in the 80%.

again: fuel energy → heat energy→ steam → turbine → transmission → heat energy

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Try fueling your stove with uranium and report back

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago

Luckily you don’t need to burn uranium to avoid 5 steps of energy transformation.