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Volle Speicher reichen nicht: Die Fixierung auf die Speicherfüllstände verstellt den Blick auf das Wesentliche: weniger Gas zu verbrauchen

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  • Moll Benjamin

    (London School of Economics and Political Science, Department of Economics, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE, EnglandLondonUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)

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Während sich Europa dem Winter nähert, ist die öffentliche Debatte auf die Füllstände der Gasspeicher fixiert; vermeintliche Meilensteine wie das Erreichen von 75 Prozent oder 85 Prozent werden gefeiert. In diesem kurzen Beitrag erläutert Benjamin Moll anhand einer Analogie zwischen den Gasspeichern und einem Wasserreservoir, warum die Fixierung auf die Füllstände – eine Bestandsgröße – irreführend sein kann. Damit Europa ohne russisches Gas durch den Winter kommt, müssen private Haushalte und Unternehmen vielmehr die Gasnachfrage – eine Stromgröße – reduzieren. Erfreulicherweise ist diese bereits erheblich gesunken und die notwendige weitere Nachfragereduktion ist machbar. „Gasspeicher-Optimismus“ ist fehl am Platz, aber „Gasspar- und Gassubstitutions-Optimismus“ ist gerechtfertigt.

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  • Moll Benjamin, 2022. "Volle Speicher reichen nicht: Die Fixierung auf die Speicherfüllstände verstellt den Blick auf das Wesentliche: weniger Gas zu verbrauchen," Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik, De Gruyter, vol. 23(3), pages 134-138, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:bpj:pewipo:v:23:y:2022:i:3:p:134-138:n:4
    DOI: 10.1515/pwp-2022-0037
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    1. Rüdiger Bachmann & David Baqaee & Christian Bayer & Moritz Kuhn & Andreas Löschel & Ben McWilliams & Benjamin Moll & Andreas Peichl & Karen Pittel & Moritz Schularick & Georg Zachmann, 2022. "Wie es zu schaffen ist," ECONtribute Policy Brief Series 034, University of Bonn and University of Cologne, Germany.
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    1. Benjamin Moll & Moritz Schularick & Georg Zachmann, 2023. "Nicht einmal eine Rezession: Die große deutsche Gasdebatte im Rückblick," ECONtribute Policy Brief Series 048, University of Bonn and University of Cologne, Germany.

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    Keywords

    Gasspeicher; Speicherfüllstände; Stock-Flow-Fehlschluss;
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    JEL classification:

    • Q43 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Energy - - - Energy and the Macroeconomy

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