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Germany considers U-turn on nuclear phaseout
Deutsche Welle ^ | August 3, 2022 | By Richard Connor

Posted on 08/04/2022 7:40:13 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has raised the possibility of lengthening the life of the country's nuclear power stations. Berlin's decision to get rid of the plants has come under question amid energy security concerns.

The German chancellor on Wednesday said it might make sense to extend the lifetime of Germany's three remaining nuclear power plants.

Germany famously decided to stop using atomic energy in 2011, and the last remaining plants were set to close at the end of this year.

However, an increasing number of politicians have been arguing for the postponement of the closures amid energy concerns arising from Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The issue divides members of Scholz's ruling traffic-light coalition.

Nuclear power accounted for 13.3% of German electricity supply in 2021. This was generated by six power plants, of which three were switched off at the end of 2021. The remaining three — Emsland, Isar and Neckarwestheim — were due to cease operation at the end of 2022.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Germany; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: energy; europe; germanyenergy; germanynuclear; globalwarming; hoax; nuclear; propaganda; russia; socialism
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1 posted on 08/04/2022 7:40:13 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

YA THINK ??????


2 posted on 08/04/2022 7:41:09 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

3 posted on 08/04/2022 7:41:37 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Russia is shutting down Natural gas shipments to Germany. Now, drought is making it so difficult to barge coal to power plants that Germany is burning 2/3rds Russian coal coming in by rail.

Now, drought is also causing France to cutback their nuclear plants because of the lack of cooling water.

The technical term for Germany’s situation is: Screwed.


4 posted on 08/04/2022 7:46:43 AM PDT by MattMusson (Sometimes the wind bweek.lows too much)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Part of this problem...once they said solar and wind were going to be chief ways of energy-production, you needed something to ‘back’ them up. Since coal and nuke energy were regarded as ‘evil’....they were busy building natural gas energy plants (probably around 12-percent of the grid is this back-up method now).

So with the natural gas crisis going on...they screwed up royally.

There’s three additional nuke plants which were closed in late 2021, and speculation going on that they also will be brought back.

Adding to this....growing interest in allowing fracking (forbidden in Germany since 2016).

I should add...this week, the futures market in Germany for power is going to four times the current cost level. Lot of political anxiety surging right now.


5 posted on 08/04/2022 7:46:49 AM PDT by pepsionice
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Dummkopf Gruns


6 posted on 08/04/2022 7:48:20 AM PDT by bigbob (z)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Dummkopf Gruns


7 posted on 08/04/2022 7:48:53 AM PDT by bigbob (z)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Sounds like they owe Putin a big THANK YOU.


8 posted on 08/04/2022 7:50:24 AM PDT by BobL (The Globalists/Neocons desperately want Ukraine to win...makes it easy for me to choose a side)
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To: pepsionice

The increase in natural gas prices has affected the demand for wood pellets.
There are electric generation plants that formerly burned coal that have been retrofitted to burn wood pellets. These bulk pellet users have driven up the world wide price of pellets.

So, companies that have typically been bagging them for North American sales are reconsidering bulk shipment instead. It all comes back to what pays the most money.


9 posted on 08/04/2022 8:00:54 AM PDT by woodbutcher1963
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

and along the same lines, I’m considering not chopping one of my legs off.


10 posted on 08/04/2022 8:07:38 AM PDT by FLT-bird
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To: pepsionice

“Part of this problem...once they said solar and wind were going to be chief ways of energy-production, you needed something to ‘back’ them up. “

When it comes to power generation, diversity is a strength. Having a mix of hydroelectric, nuclear, natural gas, coal, and renewables gives a nation options when one fuel source is in short supply or a particular type of equipment is out of service. Of course a strong grid is also essential to transmit the power from the production site.


11 posted on 08/04/2022 8:08:26 AM PDT by Soul of the South (The past is gone and cannot be changed. Tomorrow can be a better day if we work o)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Did common sense drop on someone’s head ? LOL


12 posted on 08/04/2022 8:14:50 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Putin will be disappointed, he paid good money to the greens to insure this did would not happen.


13 posted on 08/04/2022 8:26:25 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Well, Duh.


14 posted on 08/04/2022 8:27:02 AM PDT by Charles Martel (Progressives are the crab grass in the lawn of life.)
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To: Soul of the South
"Having a mix of hydroelectric, nuclear, natural gas, coal, and renewables gives a nation options when one fuel source is in short supply or a particular type of equipment is out of service."

I don't get your sentence. How can hydroelectric, nuclear, natural gas, coal be in short supply? The only ones I know of is solar (clouds) and wind (no wind). Please explain to this novice.

15 posted on 08/04/2022 8:30:55 AM PDT by A Navy Vet (USA Birth Certificate - 1787. Death Certificate - 2021. )
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Big wind
and Big sun
when winter comes
can’t get it done


16 posted on 08/04/2022 8:35:37 AM PDT by nascarnation (Let's Go Brandon!)
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To: Soul of the South

Pebble bed reactor. Small, mobile, safe, and can generate enough power for a large city. That should have been the “new green” energy plan.


17 posted on 08/04/2022 8:51:48 AM PDT by 9422WMR (45 1. Lie, cheat, steal. It’s how the democRATS operate. )
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18 posted on 08/04/2022 8:57:49 AM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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In a well designed utility system, you don’t put all your eggs in one basket. You need diverse power generation supplies. Sometimes you have drought and cannot count on your hydro supply. Sometimes you have coal delivery interruptions and cannot count on coal. Power plants go down for scheduled and forced outages (equipment failures). You have war and political instability interrupting contracted gas supplies.

Of course, all the German problems are self-inflicted. Shutting down their nukes, stopping coal mining in the Ruhr area, stopping fracking, depending on Russia and, worst of all, wanting to believe wind and solar were the next big thing in energy. They just didn’t click their ruby slippers together enough for wind and solar to make it.


19 posted on 08/04/2022 9:00:45 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“May your neighbors respect you, trouble neglect you, angels protect you and heaven accept you”)
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To: BobL

Yep!

Germany eventually will be better off without Russias gas,
Russia not so much


20 posted on 08/04/2022 9:45:39 AM PDT by FreshPrince
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