Why Germans remain so jittery about nuclear power

Re:Why Germans remain so jittery about nuclear power by yodelshady on Tuesday January 11, 2022 @06:49AM (#29890360)

Coal use is up: https://www.dw.com/en/coal-and-fossil-fuel-share-of-german-e...

Gas use is also up, at 400 €/MWh that goes to a dictator who is overtly planning invasion of Eastern Europe. The southern part of which is rapidly becoming a desert: https://www.kyivpost.com/ukraine-politics/desertification-of....

This is not brave, or principled, or sophisticated. It's a death toll with slightly higher plausible deniability.

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Re:Why Germans remain so jittery about nuclear power by locallost on Tuesday January 11, 2022 @06:55AM (#29890412)

Coal use is way down, from 45% of their electricity in 2010, to 25% in 2020. Nuclear phase out started in 2011. Please don't spread misinformation - your article refers to Q3 2021. Here is the data (coal the bottom two):

https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/sites/default/files/styles/80...

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