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tietjens ◴[] No.45225051[source]
Article claims Germany is beginning to shift. I wouldn’t count on that. Despite having to import all of their energy aside from renewables, there is a wide-spread suspicion of nuclear here. The CDU made a lot of noise about it while they were in the opposition, but turning those closed plants back on is highly unlikely. Very costly and I’m not certain the expertise can be hired.
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cyberax ◴[] No.45225379[source]
Germany will come around when their Green ship comes aground.

Probably within the next ~5 years. The coal phaseout will happen, but only by replacing it with natural gas. It will result in the last easily achievable reduction in CO2, but it will also increase the already sky-high energy prices in Germany.

After that? There's nothing. There are no credible plans that will result in further CO2 reductions. The noises about "hydrogen" or "power to gas" will quiet rapidly once it becomes clear that they are financially not feasible.

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fundatus ◴[] No.45226577[source]
Coal phaseout is already 3+ years ahead of schedule in Germany without any government intervention because coal plants simply can't compete against renewables anymore.
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1. cyberax ◴[] No.45227398[source]
Yeah. It's so great that Germany has to directly pay for gas power plants.
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2. fundatus ◴[] No.45231196[source]
I mean, yeah. Much cleaner than coal and much more flexible than nuclear.