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What ? It has everything to do with nuclear power. Here is a entertaining live map of electricity trade across Europe : https://www.electricitymap.org/ https:/
by renaudg 9y ago
What ? It has everything to do with nuclear power.
Here is a entertaining live map of electricity trade across Europe : https://www.electricitymap.org/ https://www.electricitymap.org/
Let me know if you can spot any time when France is a net importer with any of its neighbours.
Not only does it constantly export to Germany, the CO2 intensity of its production is also 5 times less per kWh, and of course that is thanks to nuclear power.
Going nuclear-free is a noble mid-long term goal, nobody can disagree with that.
But the German decision of doing so a couple of decades before renewables were ready to take over was completely demagoguery. It is one of the most bonkers environmental stances in the face of the actual immediate threat that is global warming.
Germany actually had to replace 80% of its nuclear power with... coal ! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_phase-out#Germany https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_phase-out#German...
Good job, Die Grüne.
- legulere 9y agoIn winter when some rivers are freezing and in summer when some rivers are too hot to heat their water up even more. Germany did not replace the nuclear power with coal. Just look at the graphic of the energy mix in Germany: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:Energiemix_Deutschland.svg https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:Energiemix_Deutschland.s... The source to the claim is just about the change from february 2011 to february 2012. Energy use and production varies throughout months (cold vs. hot, windy or not, sunny or not) and years (cold year, hot year, etc.). This is a terrible analysis.
- renaudg 9y agoIs that some nice Wikipedia editing you just did in response to my comment here ? Wow. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nuclear_power_phase-out&diff=789441396&oldid=788488788 https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nuclear_power_pha...
- legulere 9y agoWhat was written before was factually incorrect, so why shouldn't I change it?