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Re:Germany to Pass Japan as Third-Largest Economy, Helped by... by jonp888 on Tuesday October 24, 2023 @06:29PM (#38006570)
This is simply false. It's trivial to see from the statistics(https://www.cleanenergywire.org/sites/default/files/styles/g...) that the phaseout of nuclear energy was matched by an increase in renewables, whilst lignite and coal production has remained static.
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Re:Germany to Pass Japan as Third-Largest Economy, Helped by... by weberer on Wednesday October 25, 2023 @06:15AM (#38011220)
Come on, think. The addition of solar allowed Germany to phase out something. They chose to phase out nuclear rather than the dirtiest form of coal. Do you think that was the wise choice?
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Re:Germany to Pass Japan as Third-Largest Economy, Helped by... by hef19898 on Wednesday October 25, 2023 @06:22AM (#38011252)
No, but times were different back then, weren't they? Chernobyl, Fukushima and all of that?
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