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They [Germany] got rid of their environmentally friendly nuclear reactors in favour of burning more coal after Fukishima. They're doing a bit of solar but are b
by daemin 7y ago
They [Germany] got rid of their environmentally friendly nuclear reactors in favour of burning more coal after Fukishima. They're doing a bit of solar but are burning ever more and more coal.
- pjc50 7y agoYeah, this was in my opinion an overreaction. The calculus for building a new reactor (expensive, time consuming) versus keeping an existing one going is very different. On the other hand, Germany had already experienced the Chernobyl cloud.
- bjourne 7y agoGermany is burning LESS coal. https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/coal-consumption-per-capita https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/coal-consumption-per-capi...
- cygx 7y ago[Germans] are burning ever more and more coal We've missed our reduction goals, but reducton did happen (about 20% over the last 15 years, and the decrease has even been monotonic since 2013). I keep having to correct this on hackernews specifically. I have to wonder, is there some sort of concerted effort to lie about this?
- nl 7y agois there some sort of concerted effort to lie about this? Yeah, there is a strong pro-nuclear group on HN who believe it has unfairly been targeted.
- daemin 7y agoIt would still be more now than if the reactors had not been shut down right? I guess I should not throw stones since both countries I live in are worse than this. Specifically they dig out more and more coal every year without stopping.