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If the suggested political impact of this music is to be believed, the music might be one of the biggest environmental disasters of all time. Germany has been

If the suggested political impact of this music is to be believed, the music might be one of the biggest environmental disasters of all time. Germany has been pretty widely criticized for decommissioning it's nuclear power program, only to replace it with Russian oil.

lovemenot 5mo ago
>> only to replace it with Russian oil with Russian gas.
- MomsAVoxell 5mo ago
  s/Russian/American/ Either way, Germany has perfected the efficient foot bullet, at least. I could imagine Kraftwerk devising a stonkin’ “Fußkugel” track, actually ..
  - lxgr 5mo ago
    Check your facts, please: Germans figuratively shoot themselves in the knee, not the foot ;)
    - MomsAVoxell 5mo ago
      See also: the back! :)
  - cjpearson 5mo ago
    In 2021, Russia was the source of 52% of Germany's gas. Following the expansion of the Ukraine conflict in 2022 imports from Russia quickly dropped. The biggest suppliers of gas to Germany last year were Norway, Netherlands and Belgium. LNG from the United States and other countries has increased to 10% which is not nearly enough to replace the Russian imports. The phaseout was accomplished by drastically reducing overall gas usage. [0] https://www.bundesnetzagentur.de/SharedDocs/Pressemitteilungen/EN/2023/20230105_RueckblickGas2022.html https://www.bundesnetzagentur.de/SharedDocs/Pressemitteilung... [1] https://www.bundesnetzagentur.de/SharedDocs/Pressemitteilungen/EN/2026/20260112_GAS.html https://www.bundesnetzagentur.de/SharedDocs/Pressemitteilung...
Barrin92 5mo ago
that would be an odd criticism because we never generated any meaningful amount of electricity from oil (and started importing Russian fossil resources 30 years before we turned nuclear power plants off). The chief source for energy in Germany was coal. Gas is primarily an industry and heating input rather than a source of power generation, gas plants have only become more popular in recent years. What replaced all other fossil fuel sources are renewables, which at 50% are now by far the single largest source of energy.
lionkor 5mo ago
Lots of brown coal, which famously emits more radioactivity than any nuclear power plant ever did. The anti nuclear movement is a fucking joke, and the people I know personally here in Germany who oppose(d) nuclear still think the danger is an atomic bomb level explosion, or generational crippling mutations, or losing their house.

lovemenot 5mo ago

>> only to replace it with Russian oil with Russian gas.

MomsAVoxell 5mo ago
s/Russian/American/ Either way, Germany has perfected the efficient foot bullet, at least. I could imagine Kraftwerk devising a stonkin’ “Fußkugel” track, actually ..
- lxgr 5mo ago
  Check your facts, please: Germans figuratively shoot themselves in the knee, not the foot ;)
  - MomsAVoxell 5mo ago
    See also: the back! :)
- cjpearson 5mo ago
  In 2021, Russia was the source of 52% of Germany's gas. Following the expansion of the Ukraine conflict in 2022 imports from Russia quickly dropped. The biggest suppliers of gas to Germany last year were Norway, Netherlands and Belgium. LNG from the United States and other countries has increased to 10% which is not nearly enough to replace the Russian imports. The phaseout was accomplished by drastically reducing overall gas usage. [0] https://www.bundesnetzagentur.de/SharedDocs/Pressemitteilungen/EN/2023/20230105_RueckblickGas2022.html https://www.bundesnetzagentur.de/SharedDocs/Pressemitteilung... [1] https://www.bundesnetzagentur.de/SharedDocs/Pressemitteilungen/EN/2026/20260112_GAS.html https://www.bundesnetzagentur.de/SharedDocs/Pressemitteilung...

Barrin92 5mo ago

that would be an odd criticism because we never generated any meaningful amount of electricity from oil (and started importing Russian fossil resources 30 years before we turned nuclear power plants off). The chief source for energy in Germany was coal. Gas is primarily an industry and heating input rather than a source of power generation, gas plants have only become more popular in recent years. What replaced all other fossil fuel sources are renewables, which at 50% are now by far the single largest source of energy.

lionkor 5mo ago

Lots of brown coal, which famously emits more radioactivity than any nuclear power plant ever did. The anti nuclear movement is a fucking joke, and the people I know personally here in Germany who oppose(d) nuclear still think the danger is an atomic bomb level explosion, or generational crippling mutations, or losing their house.