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Nuclear was replaced by renewables in Germany: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_phase-out#/media/File:Energiemix_Deutschland.svg https://en.wikipedia

Nuclear was replaced by renewables in Germany: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_phase-out#/media/File:Energiemix_Deutschland.svg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_phase-out#/media... It would have made more sense though to first replace coal plants before shutting down nuclear plants.

ncmncm 4y ago
Germans chose to build out lots of wind instead of spending the money to refurbish ramshackle old nukes. They displaced a lot more CO2 by that choice. They could have chosen to continue operating the old contraptions unsafely, but chose not to shoulder Fukushima-style risks. Armchair second-guessing is misleading. Each euro spent on one is a euro not spent on the other.