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Re:Nuclear Power Is the Answer to Global and Environmental E... by illiarian on Saturday April 22, 2023 @08:01AM (#35665709)
> The proof is in the pudding -- data beats predictions.

Tell me, using data, on a quiet night, where does Germany's electricity come from, and where it will come from this wondrous future of 2030?

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Re:Nuclear Power Is the Answer to Global and Environmental E... by locallost on Saturday April 22, 2023 @01:42PM (#35669078)
Makes no difference. Your claim was that Germany replaced nuclear with coal. Here are the hard numbers:

https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/sites/default/files/medien/38...

The bottom three are:

black coal in magenta

nuclear in gray

brown coal in brown

Nuclear shutdowns started in Germany in 2011. Check the numbers.

BTW with what did France replace its failing reactors last year?

https://apnews.com/article/europe-business-france-climate-an...

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Re:Nuclear Power Is the Answer to Global and Environmental E... by illiarian on Monday April 24, 2023 @04:21PM (#35692653)
> Your claim was that Germany replaced nuclear with coal. Here are the hard numbers:

Funny how these hard numbers don't answer a simple question: where does Germany get its power on a quiet night like April 15th (answer is simple: buring coal, gas, and biofuels).

> BTW with what did France replace its failing reactors last year?

Last year it's "failing" generators were taken of for planned maintenance. The actual failures accounted for 0.18% loss in power.

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