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You know who decided to shut down the last remaining German nuclear power plants in 2011 after Fukushima? Hint: she had nothing to do with the Green party! (htt

by rob74 2y ago

You know who decided to shut down the last remaining German nuclear power plants in 2011 after Fukushima? Hint: she had nothing to do with the Green party! (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_in_Germany#Phase-out_decision https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_in_Germany#Phase...) What most people fail (or don't want) to see is how long-term decisions about nuclear power are: the three remaining reactors that were finally shut down beginning of 2023 were operated for 10+ years knowing that they will be shut down, so maintenance was deferred, personnel planning was done accordingly etc. If Germany would decide that it wants nuclear power back, it would probably take at least a decade until it has an operational nuclear reactor again.

rdm_blackhole 2y ago
That has nothing to do with my comment. I don't care about who closed the last nuclear plant. I care that the Greens who are for the de-carbonization of the economy advocated for the removal of nuclear energy and because they needed more energy anyway, they simply decided with the government in power to buy it from Russian oligarchs instead. They did not have to do this. They could have stopped building new nuclear plants, keep maintaining the ones they had until such a time as the PV and Wind production could replace all the power generated by the nuclear plants and then start decommissioning them. But they followed ideology instead of logic and ended being at the mercy of Russia and had to scramble to fix that problem in the last few years when this could have been avoided. In the meantime, they now import a lot of electricity from France which ironically is generating it with, you guessed it, nuclear power. How about that? Does that sound like a good rational plan to you?
- gloflo 2y ago
  Give https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YnBv-Y-ZjB8 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YnBv-Y-ZjB8 a listen, you might realise some misconceptions about who did what, when, how and why. Your posts smell bad of the common standard, troll induced, irrational green hate. Die G-grüÜÜüuNnnNeEnn!Discussing nuclear energy is interesting but not at this level... > In the meantime, they now import a lot of electricity from France How much of the total is it, 1% or something? That is not "a lot".

by rob74 2y ago

rdm_blackhole 2y ago

That has nothing to do with my comment. I don't care about who closed the last nuclear plant. I care that the Greens who are for the de-carbonization of the economy advocated for the removal of nuclear energy and because they needed more energy anyway, they simply decided with the government in power to buy it from Russian oligarchs instead. They did not have to do this. They could have stopped building new nuclear plants, keep maintaining the ones they had until such a time as the PV and Wind production could replace all the power generated by the nuclear plants and then start decommissioning them. But they followed ideology instead of logic and ended being at the mercy of Russia and had to scramble to fix that problem in the last few years when this could have been avoided. In the meantime, they now import a lot of electricity from France which ironically is generating it with, you guessed it, nuclear power. How about that? Does that sound like a good rational plan to you?

gloflo 2y ago
Give https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YnBv-Y-ZjB8 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YnBv-Y-ZjB8 a listen, you might realise some misconceptions about who did what, when, how and why. Your posts smell bad of the common standard, troll induced, irrational green hate. Die G-grüÜÜüuNnnNeEnn!Discussing nuclear energy is interesting but not at this level... > In the meantime, they now import a lot of electricity from France How much of the total is it, 1% or something? That is not "a lot".