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Re:What if Germany had invested in nuclear power? by KingOfCoders on Saturday August 24, 2024 @07:15AM (#41337295)
We won't settle this debate (and I'm not against nuclear), but it's a discussion around "Do I need fire insurance when my house has a low chance to burn down" and should I use the money for something else.

If it doesn't burn down, you look great. If it burns down, you look like an idiot.

I think people will not understand (some|most) Germans if you haven't lived through Chernobyl and Pershing-II days, dying forrests (from East European coal plants) and also red terrorism (mid 70s, early 80s were a crazy time). The discussion is not a rational one but one out of trauma of that time.

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Re:What if Germany had invested in nuclear power? by wrKaxnc on Saturday August 24, 2024 @07:21AM (#41337314)
Germany is stationing nuclear capable missiles again, with the approval of the Green Party, which had been at the forefront of the anti Pershing-II protests but is now a war party:

https://www.dw.com/en/germany-shrugs-off-putin-comments-on-u...

If that is possible, why not pebble bed reactors?

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Re:What if Germany had invested in nuclear power? by fabian2k on Saturday August 24, 2024 @07:34AM (#41337382)
They're conventional missiles, not nuclear. And nuclear capable is a bit misleading here as that capability was dismantled for the Tomahawk cruise missiles. Of course the US could add it back with some effort, but that goes for essentially every missile that is large enough.
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Re:What if Germany had invested in nuclear power? by polotics on Saturday August 24, 2024 @08:08AM (#41337587)
A war party?

Si vis Pacem para Bellum!

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Re:What if Germany had invested in nuclear power? by oezi on Saturday August 24, 2024 @10:19AM (#41338514)
The age of Nuclear is over and won't be coming back. The technology trajectories are now just in favor of solar and batteries. Everything else has no chance.
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Re:What if Germany had invested in nuclear power? by acchow on Saturday August 24, 2024 @03:44PM (#41340903)
China this week just approved 11 new nuclear power plants, including a 4th Gen. Last year they approved 10. They currently have 56 in operation.

I would hardly say the age of nuclear is over.

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Re:What if Germany had invested in nuclear power? by oezi on Monday August 26, 2024 @02:13AM (#41354474)
Given that there are roughly 500 reactors in operation and they last up to 40-50 years, this is just keeping the status quo.

The share of nuclear electricity has been slipping.

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Re:What if Germany had invested in nuclear power? by ViewTrick1002 on Monday August 26, 2024 @10:23AM (#41357418)
Authoritarian state still keeping a toe in for military and pragmatic reasons. With communistic 5 year plan system you can through sheer force build a few reactors to keep the option open.

For every passing year they’ve been pulling back their nuclear ambitions in favor of renewables.

https://reneweconomy.com.au/chinas-quiet-energy-revolution-t...

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