- cross-posted to:
- climate@slrpnk.net
- cross-posted to:
- climate@slrpnk.net
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/46214865
Plans to build more gas plants are not new, and the previous government also wanted to expand capacity, but the new targets are around double those of the past.
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The new German targets are very bad. What’s really disturbing is that Germany’s new government is following a global trend with this policy.
In 2024, global gas demand rebounded by 2.8%, spurred by China, Russia and the USA
Gas consumption also grew in Canada, in Asia (especially in India, Indonesia, South Korea, and Taiwan), in the Middle East (especially in Iran and Saudi Arabia), and in Africa (especially in Nigeria, Algeria and Egypt). On the contrary, rising carbon-free power generation reduced gas consumption in Japan (-3%) and Australia (-4%), while lower LNG exports reduced gas consumption in liquefaction plants in Qatar.
A new report reveals that a surge in long-term liquefied natural gas contracts from China -the world’s third largest gas consumer behind the US and Russia- is prolonging South-East Asia’s fossil fuel dependency.
This provides quite a bad broader picture.
A lot of western countries are following usa lead, when they started denouncing their environment policy and started to increase their gas production/consumption other western countries just blindly followed (pro-usa idiots really don’t like facing facts)
We’ve got a new, conservative government in Germany since the beginning of 2025, replacing a (more or less) progressive one. The green party is no longer part of the government. We can elect stupid politicians all by ourselves, we don’t need the USA for that.
A lot of western countries are following usa lead
The comment and the data on the linked sites say that gas demand has spurred by China, Russia, and the USA.
Did China and Russia also follow the US lead? Or did they increase their gas consumption independently?
Because of climate change, air conditioning has to keep working at night. Of course we need more gas-fired power plants.
Only a few places should be running AC: hospitals, care facilities with vulnerable folks.
It’s not a good solution for buildings that lack proper insulation or shading.