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It's wild how much shit Germany got for turning off gas, coal and nuclear power plants (which comprised about ~8% of their power) while Poland running on ~80-90
by pydry 1y ago
It's wild how much shit Germany got for turning off gas, coal and nuclear power plants (which comprised about ~8% of their power) while Poland running on ~80-90% coal for decades without changing anything was nbd.
It's almost as if the outrage was astroturfed into existence by the nuclear lobby using similar tactics to the oil lobby.
- oblio 1y agoPoland was much poorer and less significant economically.
- pydry 1y agoNo, Germany drew negative attention precisely because it was turning off coal plants - without nuclear power.
- ZeroGravitas 1y agoIt's the fossil lobby directly. You never hear someone complain about Germany's nuclear exit and then pivot into "but at least they're doing well with renewables and they should do better and go faster on EVs and electrification of heat" which would make sense for someone who had a strange affection for nuclear tech, particularly those last two which work great with nuclear. What you do see is people absolutely seething about leftists and environmentalists and renewables who only have one just barely socially acceptable outlet to attack Germany on. But they attack them not because their decarbonisation is slow but because they were clear leaders in the tech that threatens fossil fuels around the globe. Making it seem like a failure is a good way to slow down that transition in other countries too.
- CalRobert 1y agoBut they’re doing badly with ev’s and have pushed the EU to water down rules against ICE cars. Never mind that Germany has been pretty bad for people who want to bike instead of needing a car.
- ZeroGravitas 1y agoYes, that's my point. But it's not leftists and environmentalists to blame for delays on those, so apparently the nuclear bros don't care. Which would be weird if they weren't misrepresenting their concerns. Or at least trying to. It's all very transparent.