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Re:Germany boosts renewables with “biggest energy policy ref... by infamia on Wednesday April 06, 2022 @12:34PM (#30934258)
It's not like this is out of the blue. NATO has been training the Ukrainians for eight years because of the risks. The Europeans should have been hedging their bets against Russian gas as well.
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Re:Germany boosts renewables with “biggest energy policy ref... by yonaguska on Wednesday April 06, 2022 @12:44PM (#30934453)
> NATO has been training the Ukrainians for eight years because of the risks.

Feels a bit like a chicken or egg question. I'm still undecided though, as Russia was funding the green anti nuclear movements in Germany way back when Fukushima happened.

Fwiw, I don't think that renewables plus batteries are a safe hedge anyways. We're simply offshoring the environmental externalities to places far away in terms of energy storage, and China holds all the cards in this instance.

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Re:Germany boosts renewables with “biggest energy policy ref... by hef19898 on Wednesday April 06, 2022 @12:58PM (#30934670)
The Green party was funded as, partially, an anti nuclear party. Pushing that after Fukushima was just natural. Russia did support the AfD so, as they did with other far right movements across Europe.

That said, 8 years is a very short time to switch from existing gas pipelines to LNG terminals.

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Re:Germany boosts renewables with “biggest energy policy ref... by timka on Thursday April 07, 2022 @03:21PM (#30949166)
What exactly do you mean by Russia funding the green anti-nuclear movements? Exactly who did this?

All that green agenda, Kyoto and Paris stuff, affects Russia very badly by basically cancelling its fossil fuel export earnings. Just look at those who lobby the green agenda in Russia like Chubais.

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