Germany Achieves Record 57.7% Renewable Energy Share for First Half of 2023

Re:Germany Achieves Record 57.7% Renewable Energy Share for ... by ur-whale on Wednesday July 05, 2023 @07:38AM (#36598915)

> seeing loads of wind turbines everywhere

The wind turbines are only there to hide the giant, coal-powered power plants that Germany had to restart because the tree-huggers who run that country decided to ditch nuclear.

I very much doubt the veracity of this article.

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Re:Germany Achieves Record 57.7% Renewable Energy Share for ... by thiago_fm on Wednesday July 05, 2023 @07:49AM (#36599019)

Ditching nuclear doesn't make wind less important for Germany. I also do hope that this situation also changes, nuclear > coal.

I don't doubt the veracity of the article. We've been seeing similar and growing numbers for years. I don't get the hate to wind and how energy generation can easily become a political subject.

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Re:Germany Achieves Record 57.7% Renewable Energy Share for ... by Pesthuf on Wednesday July 05, 2023 @07:56AM (#36599100)

Ah yes, notorious tree-hugger Merkel in 2011.

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Re:Germany Achieves Record 57.7% Renewable Energy Share for ... by ffgjgf1 on Wednesday July 05, 2023 @08:06AM (#36599199)

All kind of idiot (objectively) environmentalists were fighting against nuclear for decades in Germany and other countries. They weren’t the only factor but nuclear was already effectively dead by 2011 in Germany.

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Re:Germany Achieves Record 57.7% Renewable Energy Share for ... by llampx on Wednesday July 05, 2023 @11:10AM (#36601506)

Merkel had no strongly held positions, that much we all know.

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