Germany to switch off last remaining nuclear power plants

Re:Germany to switch off last remaining nuclear power plants by yodelshady on Thursday April 13, 2023 @09:40AM (#35555282)

We've spent in excess of 900 euros per MWh this year on fossil sources to back up renewables this last year, Europe-wide, because there IS NO OPTION to sacrifice reliable power - if there is shortfall, society collapses, quickly. There is no even vaguely credible plan to replace those sources. At this point, the European "market" is so stuffed with subsidies out of wholly predictable "temporary necessity" the whole god-damn concept of a "market price" is a lie.

Germany chose coal and gas. They should be held accountable for that.

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Re:Germany to switch off last remaining nuclear power plants by adrianN on Sunday April 16, 2023 @05:51AM (#35588611)

Nobody claims that we have sufficient renewables right now. If we had more, we would've needed to spend less on fossil fuels this year. You just postulate that fossil fuels can't be replaced. The experts disagree, there are multiple studies that lay out how to do it.

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