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Current wholesale electricity prices in Germany are $194/MWh: https://www.energylive.cloud/ https://www.energylive.cloud/ How much does Germany spend on the m

Current wholesale electricity prices in Germany are $194/MWh: https://www.energylive.cloud/ https://www.energylive.cloud/ How much does Germany spend on the military? Cancel it, and spend the money on nuclear power. Otherwise Germany has a significant strategic weakness (gas imports) to Russia, its only realistic enemy.

Gwypaas 5y ago
Wholesale energy is priced by the marginal cost, gas peaker plants come in at $150 - $200/MWh so not a surprising price to level out on. https://www.lazard.com/perspective/levelized-cost-of-energy-levelized-cost-of-storage-and-levelized-cost-of-hydrogen/ https://www.lazard.com/perspective/levelized-cost-of-energy-...
schleck8 5y ago
I don't think canceling an already tight military budget in favor of a power source that could be devastating when hit by an airstrike is a good strategy
- Ericson2314 5y ago
  it wouldn't be devastating
  - schleck8 5y ago
    >A meltdown or explosion at a nuclear facility could cause a large amount of radioactive material to be released into the environment. https://www.oregon.gov/oha/PH/HEALTHYENVIRONMENTS/RADIATIONPROTECTION/EMERGENCYRESPONSE/Documents/radiologicalterrorism.pdf https://www.oregon.gov/oha/PH/HEALTHYENVIRONMENTS/RADIATIONP...
    - Ericson2314 5y ago
      Ideally with passive containment, anything that blows up the container/automatic-cooler, is also going to physically blow up / spread out the rods too? Big mess, sure, but no meltdown. Also remember war is really bad no matter what. If someone blow up all the powerplants regardless of sort, a huge portion of people will die simply because the lack of electricity.
- Factorium 5y ago
  Russia supplies 55% of Germany's natural gas imports. Cut that off and say goodbye to manufacturing, electricity, heating.
nradov 5y ago
Germany already spends so little on their military that they have been in breach of their NATO treaty obligations for years.

Gwypaas 5y ago

Wholesale energy is priced by the marginal cost, gas peaker plants come in at $150 - $200/MWh so not a surprising price to level out on. https://www.lazard.com/perspective/levelized-cost-of-energy-levelized-cost-of-storage-and-levelized-cost-of-hydrogen/ https://www.lazard.com/perspective/levelized-cost-of-energy-...

schleck8 5y ago

I don't think canceling an already tight military budget in favor of a power source that could be devastating when hit by an airstrike is a good strategy

Ericson2314 5y ago
it wouldn't be devastating
- schleck8 5y ago
  >A meltdown or explosion at a nuclear facility could cause a large amount of radioactive material to be released into the environment. https://www.oregon.gov/oha/PH/HEALTHYENVIRONMENTS/RADIATIONPROTECTION/EMERGENCYRESPONSE/Documents/radiologicalterrorism.pdf https://www.oregon.gov/oha/PH/HEALTHYENVIRONMENTS/RADIATIONP...
  - Ericson2314 5y ago
    Ideally with passive containment, anything that blows up the container/automatic-cooler, is also going to physically blow up / spread out the rods too? Big mess, sure, but no meltdown. Also remember war is really bad no matter what. If someone blow up all the powerplants regardless of sort, a huge portion of people will die simply because the lack of electricity.
Factorium 5y ago
Russia supplies 55% of Germany's natural gas imports. Cut that off and say goodbye to manufacturing, electricity, heating.

nradov 5y ago

Germany already spends so little on their military that they have been in breach of their NATO treaty obligations for years.