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> It was simply the cheapest, most reliable source of energy. What about the nuclear reactors that DE chose to shut down for Russian natural gas?

• type0 5y ago
  You can thank huge Russia funded "green" movement for that
  • panick21_ 5y ago
    German were incredibly anti-nuclear long before. Blaming this on Russia is nonsense.
    • t98241hr3240o4w 5y ago
      And nuclear is anything but cheaper, full green glasses down but just looking economically - stop that myth :(
      • panick21_ 5y ago
        Nuclear might not have been competitive against gas or coal but nothing was. Funny how everybody is willing to pay extra and throw decades of support behind solar/wind but not nuclear. And nuclear if you actually produce them in larger numbers it actually gets quite cheap. Had Germany spend all the money they put into solar/wind into nuclear 20 years ago they would be finishing 1-2 nuclear reactor each year right now.
    • rs999gti 5y ago
      DE doesn't want anything nuclear - they just vetoed to keep their existing nuclear plants online, even with their huge dependence on Russian gas - https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/german-ministries-say-cannot-recommend-extending-nuclear-plants-lifetime-2022-03-08/ https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/german-ministries-say-c... DE wants to instead setup other renewables, such as wind, at Tesla speed. Comparing DE government bureaucracy to Musk's Tesla is ludicrous.
  • jsnodlin 5y ago