Gas prices - Where is gas still affordable?

An employee of our tax advisor is co-owner of several large wind turbines. He already spoke at the beginning of the year about a windfall last autumn/winter (due to the lack of an upper cap in the Renewable Energy Act!, so about 20 cents instead of about 5 cents per kWh). With many MWh produced, one can imagine that some people no longer know how to get rid of all that money ;)

Just as a note: socially responsible is different, unfortunately this rip-off also ruins supply security

Just as a hint: socially acceptable is different, unfortunately this rip-off also ruins supply security

Well, at least we agree on that. The only thing that differs "a little bit" are the different conclusions we draw from it :oops:

we agree on that. Only the different conclusions we draw from it differ "a little bit" :oops:

I can gladly explain my conclusions once again: The "energy transition" was built on gas, as gas power plants can particularly well compensate for the strong fluctuations in photovoltaic and wind energy production. Realistically, we are affording two parallel electricity generation systems: the "renewables" and the fossil backup. Since the output of the "renewables" can drop to 0.0 kWh during the notorious dark doldrums, the fossil backup system must be able to cover 100% of the demand, so it would actually be sufficient for the entire electricity demand. This actually makes it clear that the "renewables" are completely unnecessary and, in the best case, at least double the electricity price compared to a country that only maintains one "power supply system." In fact, the system has become a subsidy machine for the new green elites and their profiteers and a redistribution machine from bottom/middle to top in terms of society. It used to be called, for example, the Renewable Energy Act, now it is just financed less transparently through the state budget. Subsidies for e-cars are naturally also included. Since the "energy transition" ultimately depends on cheap Russian gas and therefore cannot really be sustainable and "fossil-free," it would now be appropriate and socially much fairer not to pass on the costs of the gas price explosion to all gas customers, but specifically to the "energy transition" profiteers, e.g. the tax advisor you mentioned.....

Since the output of the "renewables" can drop to 0.0 kWh during the infamous dark doldrums,

How often and where did the (even cumulative) feed-in capacity of the "renewables" actually drop to 0.0? Please also take into account the "boring" renewables such as run-of-river hydroelectric power plants.

How often did the (if you will, also cumulative) feed-in power of the "renewables" actually drop to 0.0? Please also consider the "boring" renewables like run-of-river hydroelectric power plants.

Is the electricity production of run-of-river hydroelectric power plants sufficient for the demand of an industrialized country? I don't think so, besides hydropower is hardly expandable in our region for geological reasons. Switzerland and Norway simply have quite different conditions....

One should really find a way to cover at least the costs of gas power generation from the revenues of photovoltaic and wind turbine operators. That would be an urgently needed measure from a social policy perspective.