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Hours before shutting down, a German utility company announced a 45% price increase.

iamerroragent 4y ago
https://thedeepdive.ca/e-on-hikes-energy-prices-45-as-germany-winds-down-its-last-nuclear-plants/ https://thedeepdive.ca/e-on-hikes-energy-prices-45-as-german... Note they are attributing some of the increase to the higher than average/normal price for energy since Ukraine war started. "The electric company defended the increase, saying they cushioned the much more expensive purchasing costs for customers for an above-average period of time during the energy crisis but had to secure future amounts of energy for customers at high prices on the wholesale markets last year."
- game_the0ry 4y ago
  No doubt the war has an affect, but why shut down a perfectly good source of energy?
  - iamerroragent 4y ago
    Because the German citizens voted for it.
    - peteradio 4y ago
      Is Germany a direct democracy? If instead it is a Representative Democracy then I would expect my Representative to act in my interest not on my whim.
      - iamerroragent 4y ago
        In the U.S. I expect my Representative to act in the interest of what will get them re-elected. I am not too familiar with the ins-and-outs of Germany's politcal system though it appears to be a popular position. https://www.dw.com/en/merkel-shuts-down-seven-nuclear-reactors/a-14912184 https://www.dw.com/en/merkel-shuts-down-seven-nuclear-reacto... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angela_Merkel#Chancellor_of_Germany,_2005%E2%80%932021 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angela_Merkel#Chancellor_of_Ge... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_in_Germany https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_in_Germany
        peteradio 4y ago
        There is no point to having a Representative if they act against my interest based on my popular misunderstandings. I can act against my own interest via direct democracy.
        iamerroragent 4y ago
        I'm just saying how it is in the U.S. in practice. Regardless ending nuclear power in Germany is a popular enough position that Merkel was re-elected. Probably not just on that issue but she listened to what her people wanted and she kept getting elected because of it (as far as I know; I'm not German).

https://thedeepdive.ca/e-on-hikes-energy-prices-45-as-germany-winds-down-its-last-nuclear-plants/ https://thedeepdive.ca/e-on-hikes-energy-prices-45-as-german... Note they are attributing some of the increase to the higher than average/normal price for energy since Ukraine war started. "The electric company defended the increase, saying they cushioned the much more expensive purchasing costs for customers for an above-average period of time during the energy crisis but had to secure future amounts of energy for customers at high prices on the wholesale markets last year."

game_the0ry 4y ago
No doubt the war has an affect, but why shut down a perfectly good source of energy?
- iamerroragent 4y ago
  Because the German citizens voted for it.
  - peteradio 4y ago
    Is Germany a direct democracy? If instead it is a Representative Democracy then I would expect my Representative to act in my interest not on my whim.
    - iamerroragent 4y ago
      In the U.S. I expect my Representative to act in the interest of what will get them re-elected. I am not too familiar with the ins-and-outs of Germany's politcal system though it appears to be a popular position. https://www.dw.com/en/merkel-shuts-down-seven-nuclear-reactors/a-14912184 https://www.dw.com/en/merkel-shuts-down-seven-nuclear-reacto... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angela_Merkel#Chancellor_of_Germany,_2005%E2%80%932021 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angela_Merkel#Chancellor_of_Ge... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_in_Germany https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_in_Germany
      - peteradio 4y ago
        There is no point to having a Representative if they act against my interest based on my popular misunderstandings. I can act against my own interest via direct democracy.
        iamerroragent 4y ago
        I'm just saying how it is in the U.S. in practice. Regardless ending nuclear power in Germany is a popular enough position that Merkel was re-elected. Probably not just on that issue but she listened to what her people wanted and she kept getting elected because of it (as far as I know; I'm not German).