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First of all, please don't call people names and please stay to the truth. I will take a deep breath and try to answer some of your claims calmly. Yes, one can

by _ph_ 4y ago

First of all, please don't call people names and please stay to the truth. I will take a deep breath and try to answer some of your claims calmly. Yes, one can debate whether it was a clever idea to decide in 2001 to get rid of nuclear power while there was no end date set for coal. However the plans allowed for 25 years of further run time, enough time for buildup of renewables. And Germany was quite successfull, renewables make up over 50% of the electricity. However, they fell behind the expectations because the Merkel government curbed the roll out of renewables. You can see how solar collapsed after 2012 and wind after 2017: https://www.erneuerbare-energien.de/EE/Redaktion/DE/Bilder/Grafiken_erneuerbare_Energien/Diagramm-18.png https://www.erneuerbare-energien.de/EE/Redaktion/DE/Bilder/G... On top of that, after the Fukushima disaster, it was decided to cut the run times of the nuclear power plants short. Mixing those together wasn't a great thing. Without one or even both, the path to renewables would have been smother and much further ahead. We are talking about only 3 power plants left, whatever we decide, it won't make a huge difference. But as things are, I would also be in favour of keeping them running, if we reasonably can. However that is not a given. Maintenance intervals were of course decide with the final shut down at the end of the year in mind, as was ordering of the nuclear fuel. I really don't know, whether this can be reasonably reversed without higher costs than the possible alternatives. And it is important to mention, that there is no scarcity of electricity in Germany, nor is any expected in the winter. Only 14% of the imported Gas go to electricity production. Ironically German electricity production is espeically high at the moment, as Germany has to keep the European grid up as France is failing to produce enough electricity. About 50% of the French nuclear power plants are down at the moment, they are old and require maintenance. On top of that, the rest has to run at reduced power due to limited cooling in the summer and due to the draught. Germany has for this reason produced an extra 20 TWh of electricity, partially coming from the precious gas reserves. Because the nuclear power plants are not delivering at the moment. So please cut down your flaming of Germany while it keeps the European grid running.

tpmx 4y ago
Based on you previous comments in this submission: I think this is a novel re-interpretation of reality, from the angle that the German Green party was somehow not responsible for the nuclear power shutdown in Germany, and the effects that had on the European power grid.
- _ph_ 4y ago
  Haven't you read what I wrote? The 2001 decision was made to run the plants for 25 years. That was the decisions the Greens took part in. Every other decision was taken by governments without Greeen participation. You should carefully distinguish between those. And what exactly are the effects on the European power grid you are talking about, especially any negative one? (Feel free to also list the beneficial ones)

by _ph_ 4y ago

tpmx 4y ago

Based on you previous comments in this submission: I think this is a novel re-interpretation of reality, from the angle that the German Green party was somehow not responsible for the nuclear power shutdown in Germany, and the effects that had on the European power grid.

_ph_ 4y ago
Haven't you read what I wrote? The 2001 decision was made to run the plants for 25 years. That was the decisions the Greens took part in. Every other decision was taken by governments without Greeen participation. You should carefully distinguish between those. And what exactly are the effects on the European power grid you are talking about, especially any negative one? (Feel free to also list the beneficial ones)