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>Of course, they probably wouldn't be in this position if they hadn't taken energy strategy advice from Greta Thunberg, but that's neither here nor there. How
by ginko 5y ago
>Of course, they probably wouldn't be in this position if they hadn't taken energy strategy advice from Greta Thunberg, but that's neither here nor there.
How does this make sense? If anything getting rid of the dependence on fossil fuels would have helped immensely now.
- dmarcos 5y agoMy superficial understanding is that Germany divested on Nuclear and other tech and focused on Solar + Wind + Natural Gas. They’re now over -relying on Russian gas to cover energy needs. There are no gas lines from southern to central Europe due to several political interests / disagreements (Spain imports Gas from Northern Africa) Don’t claim deep knowledge and happy to be educated.
- ginko 5y agoGermany phasing out nuclear was announced after the Fukushima nuclear desaster in 2011. Thunberg was 8 at that time. Also nuclear energy is mostly CO2 neutral so I don't see how this is related.
- dmarcos 5y agoSorry, I take comment above as non-literal. Greta is not the direct cause but energy strategy driven by climate policies (where there’s push back against nuclear in some circles) might caused Germany land in a tough spot over-reliant on Russian gas supply. This is my current understanding and an interesting topic I would love to learn more.
- ginko 5y agoAnti-nuclear policies are at best orthogonal, at worst opposed to climate policies though.
- tablespoon 5y ago> My superficial understanding is that Germany divested on Nuclear and other tech and focused on Solar + Wind + Natural Gas. They’re now over -relying on Russian gas to cover energy needs. And if that's the case, they might have capacity they can bring back online: https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/correction-germany-nuclear-shutdown-story-82051054 https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/correction-ge... > January 3, 2022, 8:18 AM > BERLIN -- Germany on Friday shut down half of the six nuclear plants it still has in operation, a year before the country draws the final curtain on its decades-long use of atomic power. That's only two months ago. Hopefully the plants are simply shut down and they haven't started dismantling them.
- stjohnswarts 5y agoIf this would have happened in 10-15 years? Maybe. Right now, no way. It was a bad time with Russia saber rattling for the past 5 or 6 years.