Sri Lanka is having a textbook currency crisis, triggered by policy mistakes

Re:Sri Lanka is having a textbook currency crisis, triggered... by cinntaile on Wednesday July 13, 2022 @05:35AM (#32080552)

Merkel is pro nuclear, the public sentiment forced her hand after Fukushima though.

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Re:Sri Lanka is having a textbook currency crisis, triggered... by logicchains on Wednesday July 13, 2022 @06:16AM (#32080765)

>the public sentiment forced her hand after Fukushima though

I wonder how many people died in Fukushima vs how many Ukrainians were killed by Russian soldiers this year.

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Re:Sri Lanka is having a textbook currency crisis, triggered... by missedthecue on Wednesday July 13, 2022 @09:42AM (#32082605)

The problem for Germany, and Europe more broadly, is that nuclear power stations don't create natural gas.

Electricity and natural gas aren't interchangeable commodities, particularly given Germany's infrastructure.

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Re:Sri Lanka is having a textbook currency crisis, triggered... by drited on Thursday July 14, 2022 @07:09AM (#32094394)

They can be used to create hydrogen however which can substitute for many energy uses that currently consume natural gas.

Also Europe produces a lot of electricity with natural gas fuelled turbines.

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Re:Sri Lanka is having a textbook currency crisis, triggered... by namdnay on Wednesday July 13, 2022 @07:31AM (#32081233)

Or vs how many people die every day due to German coal plants :(

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Re:Sri Lanka is having a textbook currency crisis, triggered... by MomoXenosaga on Wednesday July 13, 2022 @08:18AM (#32081612)

I fail to see the correlation. Blaming Germany for everything is becoming a tiresome meme.

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