Germany is closing half of its reactors before the end of the year

Re:Germany is closing half of its reactors before the end of... by robertlagrant on Thursday December 23, 2021 @11:20AM (#29663315)

> That wasn't theoretical installed base, it was actual power produced

That's not what I'm saying. On a windy day, then doubling your number of wind turbines will (roughly) double your power output. But if there's no wind, your output drops to zero. Contrast that with nuclear power, where doubling capacity doubles output always.

So with nuclear power you could say that based on what current output we have, if we build X more capacity we could retire all polluting energy sources.

With wind (say) you can't say that.

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Re:Germany is closing half of its reactors before the end of... by wumpus on Saturday December 25, 2021 @03:41AM (#29681544)

So, you're saying that if we adopt a stupid wind policy, bad things will happen?

I'd agree with that. Have you considered adopting a good policy instead?

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Re:Germany is closing half of its reactors before the end of... by robertlagrant on Saturday December 25, 2021 @03:56PM (#29686883)

If you read my comments you'll see what I said, which is that such percentages are misleading. Not sure what's causing your newfound silliness.

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