G7 nations committing billions more to fossil fuel than green energy

Re:G7 nations committing billions more to fossil fuel than g... by adrianN on Wednesday June 02, 2021 @06:26AM (#27366979)

Nuclear is a tiny sliver in that chart. If decarbonization takes 1.3% longer because we also get rid of nuclear I think few people will complain. It would of course be nice for the climate to first shut off coal plants and then nuclear plants, but it's hard to get a majority for that in Germany's current political climate.

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Re:G7 nations committing billions more to fossil fuel than g... by 0xfaded on Wednesday June 02, 2021 @06:39AM (#27367077)

Its not so different from the covid vaccines. We don't need a solution. We need every solution available.

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Re:G7 nations committing billions more to fossil fuel than g... by adrianN on Wednesday June 02, 2021 @06:48AM (#27367127)

I completely agree and would be in favor of keeping nuclear power running. But I think that shutting off nuclear early is a very minor mistake compared to the general energy policy.

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Re:G7 nations committing billions more to fossil fuel than g... by legulere on Wednesday June 02, 2021 @12:17PM (#27370497)

You can achieve much more per Euro though with renewables than nuclear.

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Re:G7 nations committing billions more to fossil fuel than g... by hik on Wednesday June 02, 2021 @01:29PM (#27371520)

That is technically correct today. But that is because there are many problems with renewables that only really start to appear at scale.

In the United States - many utilities gave up literal free money from the Federal Government on renewable deployment because it was creating problems with the grid at like, 2% of use.

Nuclear is a drop in replacement for coal or natural gas.

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