Posted on 12/31/2021 2:57:42 AM PST by blueplum
Germany will pull the plug on three of its last six nuclear power stations on Friday, another step towards completing its withdrawal from nuclear power as it turns its focus to renewables.
The government decided to speed up its phasing out of nuclear power following Japan's Fukushima reactor meltdown in 2011 when an earthquake and tsunami destroyed the coastal plant in the world's worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl 25 years earlier.
The reactors of Brokdorf, Grohnde and Gundremmingen C, run by utilities E.ON and RWE, will be shut down on Friday after three-and-a-half decades in operation.
The last three nuclear power plants — Isar 2, Emsland and Neckarwestheim II — will be turned off by the end of 2022.
The phase-out of an energy deemed clean and cheap by some is an irreversible step for Europe's biggest economy...
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Right. Because Germany, like Japan, is at high risk of earthquakes and tsunamis.
Who cares it’s Germany
Putin probably gave them a discount on a natural gas / electricity combo deal.
Personally I prefer Germany to be Russia’s bitch than to have the power to make their own decisions.
So yea, have at it, Germany! Save the world!!!
Germany already subsidizes electricity for commercial use. This will only get worse:
Germany electricity prices, June 2021:
Household, kWh: USD 0.360
Business, kWh: USD 0.255
(latest data is under pay portal)
https://www.globalpetrolprices.com/Germany/electricity_prices/
Anyone who is seriously concerned about “climate change” must be a strong proponent of nuclear power lest their “concern” be nothing more than posturing ... mere words ... insincere words.
Going to be some long cold dark winters in their future.
So why is Germany so anti-nuclear? Their neighbor to the West is big on nuclear. Chernobyl happened in the former Soviet Union and the Germans are not the Soviets so they wouldn’t have to worry about a meltdown on the scale of Chernobyl happening.
“When I think of natural disasters in Germany, I think of earthquakes and tsunamis...never!”
The biggest natural disaster the Germans face is - themselves. Not the first time they made stupid choices.
And starting new coal and gas power plants. So much for green energy.
https://www.coalage.com/breaking-news/new-coal-fired-power-plant-is-commissioned-in-germany/
and not even waiting till winter is over... LOL
Fat Fraulines will be in "Great Demand" this winter...
Just another step in the effort to make Germany’s new third-world migrants feel more at home.
Idiocy
Idiots. And we subsidize their national protection, via our armed forces.
We need to pull out of Germany, completely. 100%.
They will be back to burning coal in 10 years as their electric needs continue and they have no other means to get it,.
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