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		MisterPea on July 11, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The euro has tumbled near parity to the US dollar 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.

pydry on July 15, 2022 [–]

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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