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I look at this graph and think many things but "oh god if theyd just kept the nuclear plants switched on everythin would be ok" isnt one of them:

https://www.cleanenergywire.org/sites/default/files/styles/g...

The amount of flak that purple sliver garners is way disproportionate to its importance - especially since it's not even dispatchable.

Plus germany relies on natgas for a ton more than just electricity. Will we make fertilizer with nuclear power too?



I think more so the precedent it set. Not switching on ~and~ not growing nuclear. It wouldn't be too ridiculous for Germany to be producing 30GW from nuclear by now. That's a 22GW spread from what it is today which isn't negligible.

But yeah, people are definitely being a little over dramatic on the severity.


They probably could be producing 30GW of nuclear energy by now if they'd spent as much as they did on 58GW from solar and 56GW of wind combined.

(Yeah it's about that expensive).

Im not sure if shifting that allocation would have been such a good idea though coz theyd now be using even more gas and coal.




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