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   bert hubert 🇺🇦🇪🇺🇺🇦 (bert_hubert@fosstodon.org)'s status on Sunday, 30-Mar-2025 19:08:54 JST bert hubert 🇺🇦🇪🇺🇺🇦

   The good news is: we made it out of winter without depleting European gas storage sites! The bad news, we'll need to refill ~twice as much gas as past years to refill to healthy levels. Every new heat pump, solar panel and wind turbine will help us reach that goal more easily:

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     bert hubert 🇺🇦🇪🇺🇺🇦 (bert_hubert@fosstodon.org)'s status on Sunday, 30-Mar-2025 19:11:41 JST bert hubert 🇺🇦🇪🇺🇺🇦

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     So how does a solar panel or heat pump in summer help fill these sites for winter? We use LOADS of natural gas to create electricity & warm water, even in summer. The gas we burn for that is not available for storing for winter use. So: more efficiency in summer means more gas available for winter!