3 ms·
> Maybe we are a bit harsh with Germany? By pulling out of nuclear, they poured billions in renewables much earlier that other countries. According to Wikipedi
by thinkcontext 4y ago
> Maybe we are a bit harsh with Germany? By pulling out of nuclear, they poured billions in renewables much earlier that other countries.
According to Wikipedia the initial Energiewende legislation included nuclear as a bridging fuel. Its phaseout was brought forward after Fukushima. Germany could have made the same investments in renewables and kept nuclear, then it would have been further along in phasing out fossil fuels.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energiewende https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energiewende
- it_citizen 4y agoInteresting! I didn’t know about that.