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Anyone who describes the Energiewende nuclear draw down as having caused coal consumption to rise is propagating misinformation. While there may be some small,

• read_if_gay_ 6y ago
  > Anyone who describes the Energiewende nuclear draw down as having caused coal consumption to rise is propagating misinformation. Anyone who does that would be factually correct, as proven by your own numbers. And this accusation is especially ironic coming from someone who made a factually incorrect statement. > there may be some small, tightly qualified way in which the statement can be twisted to be true It was true for several years and for several TWh. It's not at all fair to call that "twisted and tightly qualified". If you don't think so, note that from 2010 until now, the length of time in which coal use was elevated is about the same as the length of time where it decreased. So if my statement is twisted and tightly qualified, then so is your statement that coal use has been reduced by 35%. Not to mention your initial claim that it's been cut in half. > the impression that is conveyed is one that is in conflict with the facts. Since you insist, I'll amend my statement: getting out of nuclear forced an increase in coal use for several years. But the main point remains untouched. From a climate standpoint, Germany would've been strictly better off with nuclear.