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Re:Shutting down nuclear power could increase air pollution:... by sofixa on Tuesday April 11, 2023 @01:00AM (#35521034)
> The fact that Germany decarbonised so much, so fast and so cheaply and without nuclear power appears to have made a lot of people very angry.

Decarbonised? They still have the worst CO2/KWh in Western Europe, and among the worst in Europe:

https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/carbon-intensity-electric...

After literally decades of massive renewables investments and subsidies.

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Re:Shutting down nuclear power could increase air pollution:... by Schroedingersat on Tuesday April 11, 2023 @04:04AM (#35522222)
Alright, now do it again but this time assign the coal to the countries importing the electricity rather than where it is burnt and include the actual GWP of gas (ie. around the same as coal) and include the actual GWP of France's nuclear fuel which mostly comes from a low yield open pit mine in niger.
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Re:Shutting down nuclear power could increase air pollution:... by shakow on Tuesday April 11, 2023 @10:06AM (#35525346)
> which mostly comes from a low yield open pit mine in niger.

That's literally bullshit. Main import sources of uranium in France are Kzakhstan, Australia, and Canada. Please stop spouting Russian and/or Greenpeace propaganda.

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