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>Also, nuclear power was never subsidized in Germany: Haha, that's a good joke. >Direct and indirect German government subsidies alone, including research gra
by chefkoch 5y ago
>Also, nuclear power was never subsidized in Germany:
Haha, that's a good joke.
>Direct and indirect German government subsidies alone, including research grants and tax credits, since the mid-1950s have added up to €287bn, FÖS has calculated. Another €9bn were spent on other costs for the state, such as police operations during anti-nuclear protests, or follow-up costs from nuclear operations in former Eastern Germany.
“Great part of these costs never had been included in the electricity price, which is why atomic energy wrongly was considered as a cheap power source,”
https://www.rechargenews.com/transition/no-higher-cost-energy-nuclear-has-drained-germany-of-more-than-1trn-to-date/2-1-877313 https://www.rechargenews.com/transition/no-higher-cost-energ...