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Re:Germany to Rethink Nuclear Shutdown as Energy Crisis Deepens by api on Tuesday July 19, 2022 @02:28PM (#32155941)
We didn't convert to coal. It was the primary source for industry and power. We stuck with it.
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Re:Germany to Rethink Nuclear Shutdown as Energy Crisis Deepens by Spooky23 on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @10:52AM (#32166567)
One of the outcomes of “Project Independence” was that oil fired plants were converted to coal.

Heavy oil is mostly imported, that initiative was focused on using domestic sources of energy. Coal always has outsized influence due to the US Senate.

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