Germany extends lifetime of all 3 remaining nuclear plants
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Re: Germany extends lifetime of all 3 remaining nuclear plants
#2They've only delayed it until its politically easier to shut it down.
The German greens' leader has backed running Coal plants as an alternative[1]
The whole political position of this party rests on their fanatic opposition to Nuclear power.
[1] https://edition.cnn.com/2022/06/19/energy/germany-russia-gas...
Re: Germany extends lifetime of all 3 remaining nuclear plants
#3They've only delayed it until its politically easier to shut it down. The German greens' leader has backed running Coal plants as an alternative[1] The whole political position of this party rests on their fanatic opposition to Nuclear power. [1] https://edition.cnn.com/2022/06/19/energy/germany-russia-gas...
Mark Nelson, from Radiant Energy Group, thinks otherwise.
https://twitter.com/energybants/status/1582050941682954240
quote:
> For all those commenting "only until April 2023":
> No utility will decommission a nuclear plant knowing this kind of reversal is possible even with Greens still in government occupying key posts.
> They will not even mothball the plants. They'll just sit and wait for elections.
Re: Germany extends lifetime of all 3 remaining nuclear plants
#4Good.
Germany was facing a cold winter, without energy for heating, and the potential for rolling blackouts. With this change, it does not eliminate the threat but makes it less likely.
Who in their right mind would decom any type of energy that could help stave off pain for their citizenship - especially one that has no carbon footprint.
Re: Germany extends lifetime of all 3 remaining nuclear plants
#5Good. Germany was facing a cold winter, without energy for heating, and the potential for rolling blackouts. With this change, it does not eliminate the threat but makes it less likely. Who in their right mind would decom any type of energy that could help stave off pain for their citizenship - especially one that has no carbon footprint.
> Who in their right mind
Activist politicians who value their cause more than the well being of their citizens.
Re: Germany extends lifetime of all 3 remaining nuclear plants
#6They've only delayed it until its politically easier to shut it down. The German greens' leader has backed running Coal plants as an alternative[1] The whole political position of this party rests on their fanatic opposition to Nuclear power. [1] https://edition.cnn.com/2022/06/19/energy/germany-russia-gas...
>The whole political position of this party rests on their fanatic opposition to Nuclear power.
Btw if anyone thinks this is exaggeration, it's not. They are evil fanatics:
https://twitter.com/giuliasaudelli/status/158097313099012505...
>"Nuclear power and fossil fuels brought us here. They caused this crisis, they are not the solution."
>Strong and at times emotional speech by Robert Habeck, after weeks under pressure. Defending his actions in government, but standing by Green values. He got a standing ovation.
Reality: the Greens and their allies spent half a trillion USD on the "energy transition" and turned off perfectly good nuclear reactors. Result: energy shortages and diplomatic submission to Russia. And now they blame nuclear for it. If they had spent that half a trillion on new nuclear reactors, Germany would be an energy superpower. As it stands, they're having to burn coal and wood to get through the winter.
Re: Germany extends lifetime of all 3 remaining nuclear plants
#7Finally. Opposition to nuclear is beyond unreasonable. https://ourworldindata.org/safest-sources-of-energy
Re: Germany extends lifetime of all 3 remaining nuclear plants
#8Good. Germany was facing a cold winter, without energy for heating, and the potential for rolling blackouts. With this change, it does not eliminate the threat but makes it less likely. Who in their right mind would decom any type of energy that could help stave off pain for their citizenship - especially one that has no carbon footprint.
> Who in their right mind Activist politicians who value their cause more than the well being of their citizens.
I think they don't value the cause more, they value the status the cause gives them
Re: Germany extends lifetime of all 3 remaining nuclear plants
#9Good. Germany was facing a cold winter, without energy for heating, and the potential for rolling blackouts. With this change, it does not eliminate the threat but makes it less likely. Who in their right mind would decom any type of energy that could help stave off pain for their citizenship - especially one that has no carbon footprint.
Germany heats with gas, which is plenty in storage and again reasonably priced at markets. Germany isn't heating with electricity and their won't be, realistically, any rolling black-outs. Keeping the reactors online is good so, as it means less coal being burned, being ablebto trafe electricity on the markets, frees up the roughly 12% of electricity generate by gas (at least to an extent) for heating. And signals stability to the energy markets, as those have been crazy lately.
Re: Germany extends lifetime of all 3 remaining nuclear plants
#10Good. Germany was facing a cold winter, without energy for heating, and the potential for rolling blackouts. With this change, it does not eliminate the threat but makes it less likely. Who in their right mind would decom any type of energy that could help stave off pain for their citizenship - especially one that has no carbon footprint.
Electricity does not magically create gas for heating. Electricity in europe is primarily threatened by France failing to adequately maintain their nuclear power plants.