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To: thackney

It was a very,very silly decision Germany made to shut down their nuke plants.In my travels throughout Germany (West Germany,actually...I haven’t been there since reunification) I found that Germany doesn’t get nearly as much sunshine as some countries/regions.Like Spain,or the Australian Outback,or Nevada.


8 posted on 08/28/2014 8:20:47 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Rat Party policy;Lie,deny,refuse to comply)
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To: Gay State Conservative
It was a very,very silly decision Germany made to shut down their nuke plants.

They haven't shut them all down, yet. They don't have the ability to generate enough without them.

Nuclear Power in Germany
http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/Country-Profiles/Countries-G-N/Germany/
(Updated August 2014)

Germany until March 2011 obtained one quarter of its electricity from nuclear energy, using 17 reactors. The figure is now about 18%.

The cost of attempting to replace nuclear power with renewables is estimated by the government to amount to some EUR 1 trillion without any assurance of a reliable outcome, and with increasing reliance on coal.

More than half of Germany’s electricity was generated from coal in the first half of 2013, compared with 43% in 2010.

15 posted on 08/28/2014 8:32:54 AM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer.)
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