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And this is how you spot the difference between grown-up leadership and an infantile one: 1) Japan kept its longterm energy policy goals despite of temporary u
by woodpanel 5y ago
And this is how you spot the difference between grown-up leadership and an infantile one:
1) Japan kept its longterm energy policy goals despite of temporary unpopularity and is now reaping the rewards of having reliable energy and giving the voters what they, eventually, want
2) Germany nixed its complete nuclear energy production, because of a temporary outrage, despite having neither earthquakes nor tsunamis.
- forum_ghost 5y agoJapan never had other real options. Their natgas imports was only ever going to be a temporary duct-tape solution.
- fomine3 5y agoI argue somewhat opposite. * Japan won't decide good future energy plan since 2011. They avoid wide discussion for that because utilize nuclear (meaning replacing old existing plants by new plants) is obviously unpopular opinion but other options also have problems or difficulties. So currently just burn coal/LNG. They encouraged to build solar plants but it's hated by some people due to it encourages deforestation (makes land weak for disaster), high additional fee for every electricity bill. Also it won't work much in winter (when supply crisis tend to be happen). * Germany decided strong future energy plan, but their plan (renewables but also rely on russian gas) is failed now.