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> Germany they were replaced by renewables This is unfortunately inaccurate (http://www.euractiv.com/section/health-consumers/news/report-germany-suffers-more-
by xroche 10y ago
> Germany they were replaced by renewables
This is unfortunately inaccurate (http://www.euractiv.com/section/health-consumers/news/report-germany-suffers-more-coal-linked-deaths-than-rest-of-eu/ http://www.euractiv.com/section/health-consumers/news/report...), and Germany is one of the country where coal is the deadliest in Europe, thanks to anti-nuclear campaign from the green party.
- legulere 10y agoThe only point where the article brings coal into connection with the nuclear power shutdown is wrong: > Germany buys cheap coal-fired energy from Poland to pick up the slack left by the abandonment of nuclear power after the Fukushima disaster. Germany is a net electricity exporter. > Germany is one of the country where coal is the deadliest in Europe PM pollution is lower than average in the EU for one: http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/tgm/graph.do?tab=graph&plugin=1&pcode=tsdph370&language=en&toolbox=data http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/tgm/graph.do?tab=graph&plugin=1...
- throwanem 10y agoIt's quite possible to import energy and still be a net exporter. As far as I can tell, Germany does both, although I would like to see a source for the grandparent comment's claim.
- mtgx 10y agoI think there was a post on HN about a year ago saying that Germany has a weird law or policy that says it can only produce renewable power for internal use, and for export it uses coal. I think this is only a political issue, because no one wants to tackle it when elections are this year. Otherwise, the phasing-out of coal in Europe is looking pretty good, I'd say - they're looking to close the most polluting plants in Europe by 2031: http://climateanalytics.org/files/coalphaseouteu-regulator.gif http://climateanalytics.org/files/coalphaseouteu-regulator.g...