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Nuclear is a tiny sliver in that chart. If decarbonization takes 1.3% longer because we also get rid of nuclear I think few people will complain. It would of co
by adrianN 5y ago
Nuclear is a tiny sliver in that chart. If decarbonization takes 1.3% longer because we also get rid of nuclear I think few people will complain. It would of course be nice for the climate to first shut off coal plants and then nuclear plants, but it's hard to get a majority for that in Germany's current political climate.
- 0xfaded 5y agoIts not so different from the covid vaccines. We don't need a solution. We need every solution available.
- adrianN 5y agoI completely agree and would be in favor of keeping nuclear power running. But I think that shutting off nuclear early is a very minor mistake compared to the general energy policy.
- legulere 5y agoYou can achieve much more per Euro though with renewables than nuclear.
- hik 5y agoThat is technically correct today. But that is because there are many problems with renewables that only really start to appear at scale. In the United States - many utilities gave up literal free money from the Federal Government on renewable deployment because it was creating problems with the grid at like, 2% of use. Nuclear is a drop in replacement for coal or natural gas.