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> I still think that this decision was mindblowingly progressive and valuable at that time In light on what is the real-world consequences of that decision; I
by IMTDb 3y ago
> I still think that this decision was mindblowingly progressive and valuable at that time
In light on what is the real-world consequences of that decision; I would qualify it more as mindblowingly mistaken.
The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
- pclmulqdq 3y agoI would suggest that a lot of past German attempts to be "mindblowingly progressive" have turned out to be disasters. Maybe they should learn from it.
- legulere 3y agoIt played a big roll in making photovoltaics economical and boosting wind. Today more energy is produced worldwide with renewables than coal or nuclear.
- cubefox 3y agoWhich is bad. Investment in nuclear would have been far better. Countries could have followed the French model, which works much better than the German one.
- nforgerit 3y agoAre we living in the same universe? From what I understood, EDF the quasi-government agency managing nuclear in France is heavily indebted (~50 billion EUR), they have maintenance problems that made them shutdown about half of their reactors, they have problems with freshwater supply because France is in a drought (as other parts of Europe, sth which will get worse with climate change) and they have a cost and build-time explosion with some new power plants.
- IMTDb 3y agoAre you living in the universe that had EDF with 0 debt until the greens prevented investments in nuclear (constructions & maintenance) to push for alternatives power sources (gas & wind/solar; mainly) which pushed a once world leader to a 50B hole; increased France CO2 emission; pushed energy cost up; and lead the talents and knowledge that French had developed to get lost making it difficult & expensive to go back to their former glory. If so, we are living in the same one.