Germany is closing half of its reactors before the end of the year
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Re: Germany is closing half of its reactors before the end of the year
#2German energy policies are insane. Shutting down nuclear energy without replacing source. Already planning shut down of coal plants, also without any plans for replacement. And with Green Party in power it can only become worse.
But we shouldn’t worry as long as we can import expensive dirty energy from other countries and complain it’s them and not us not doing enough to stop global warning.
Re: Germany is closing half of its reactors before the end of the year
#3This was decided longe before the current mess.
But it sometimes feels like we should move a bit slower in these matters and be a tiny bit more flexible to not have a huge backlash.
Re: Germany is closing half of its reactors before the end of the year
#4This is insane to me. Nuclear is the best long-term option for ecologically-friendly energy generation. This is absolutely a bad move, and the coal industry has done a great job of demonizing nuclear power.
Re: Germany is closing half of its reactors before the end of the year
#5From what I understand they are still the biggest carbon emitter in the EU…
Re: Germany is closing half of its reactors before the end of the year
#6This is insane to me. Nuclear is the best long-term option for ecologically-friendly energy generation. This is absolutely a bad move, and the coal industry has done a great job of demonizing nuclear power.
Germans have always been anti-nuclear.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-nuclear_movement_in_Germa...
Re: Germany is closing half of its reactors before the end of the year
#7German energy policies are insane. Shutting down nuclear energy without replacing source. Already planning shut down of coal plants, also without any plans for replacement. And with Green Party in power it can only become worse. But we shouldn’t worry as long as we can import expensive dirty energy from other countries and complain it’s them and not us not doing enough to stop global warning.
Or import ridiculous amounts of nuclear power from France.
Re: Germany is closing half of its reactors before the end of the year
#8Leaving Germany burning lignite (halfway between peat moss and coal) and buying natural gas from Russia. The worst of both worlds.
Re: Germany is closing half of its reactors before the end of the year
#9German energy policies are insane. Shutting down nuclear energy without replacing source. Already planning shut down of coal plants, also without any plans for replacement. And with Green Party in power it can only become worse. But we shouldn’t worry as long as we can import expensive dirty energy from other countries and complain it’s them and not us not doing enough to stop global warning.
-Well, in fairness you do import clean hydro from Norway, with foreseeable consequences for our utility bills.
Re: Germany is closing half of its reactors before the end of the year
#10Will the reactors be mothballed, converted, or torn down? Ideally if political winds change and the reactors are mothballed, could they be restarted?
I live near the Fort St. Vrain Generating Station, a nuclear plant converted to gas in the 90s, and I often think about what could have been if it had been made commercially viable earlier in its life.