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Germany already spent more on renewable than the total French nuclear industry Source? What does that even mean? Where'd you find an honest assessment of the r
by morsch 8y ago
Germany already spent more on renewable than the total French nuclear industry
Source? What does that even mean? Where'd you find an honest assessment of the regulatory and construction costs for France's nuclear power plants, much less a sensible estimate for decommissioning plants that are still running? Does it include research and development in either case? Does it include maintenance, personnel, fuel, cleanup, storage of spent fuel both temporarily and long term?
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- realusername 8y agoGermany spent around around 250 billions euros since 2005 on renewables [1]. The french nuclear energy (total) had a cost of 228 billions euros [2]. Renewables are not nearly as cheap as people make you believe, they do have a lot of external costs. [1] CPI - https://www.researchgate.net/publication/303286860_Policy_and_investment_in_German_renewable_energy https://www.researchgate.net/publication/303286860_Policy_an... - page 6 in pdf pages or 1 with their numbers. [2] Cour des comptes - http://cpdp.debatpublic.fr/cpdp-cigeo/docs/docs-complementaires/docs-avis-autorites-controle-evaluations/rapport-thematique-filiere-electronucleaire.pdf http://cpdp.debatpublic.fr/cpdp-cigeo/docs/docs-complementai... - page 265 pdf / page 270 with their page numbers
- morsch 8y agoThe figure given for Germany is 150 billion for 2005-2015. I can't tell from a quick glance how the French number comes to be, what's included and what isn't and who is the ultimate source. Given the fraught nature of the subject, I'm taking any number with a grain of salt, especially if it purports to assign a single price tag to things.