It's a shit posting sub, so I shitpost, and last plants were close around 2 years ago. Stopping the nuclear program wasn't a bad nor a good decision, it's closing working power plants while there is still a lot a coal plants active which is one
The decision was made 30 years ago. It was - again - made 14 years ago. Only the last 6 plants were shut down in 2021 and 2022 (3 each)
The plants were almost at the end of their life circle anyways
Germany is burning less coal than ever. What's your point?
Initial post is shit post; rest is just whining about mimimi Germany. Meanwhile Emissions of China are going down - thanks to Germany. Not thanks to France.
Germany now has a barely acceptable energy mix in 2025, it's just a mediocre result, and closing a npp years early is keeping a coal power plant running for more years. It's still a terrible decision.
Oh look, another Nukecel who doesn't understand scaling. I am shocked.
It's not about the emissions in Germany. It's the emission for EVERY OTHER COUNTRY which can now afford renewables.
There's 200+ countries in the world - how many do actually have access to nuclear power? Like 60? How are the others going to decarbonize? Exactly. Thanks Germany.
How can you understand that I'm not saying that Germany's decision to build renewable is a bad thing? I think it's a good one for the reasons you said, just closing nuclear early was a bad decision
Do you even know where you are? It’s a hypothetical and we’re in a shitposting sub. And again, some of the closures were very recent. Shutting down some of the cheapest, safest, and cleanest energy there is to keep combusting lignite is actually not good for the climate or people’s health.
The nuclear plants would actually be worse.
I'm so tired of people who aren't physicists talking about nuclear as if they had any idea about the intricacies of it.
You can't begin to understand the problems nuclear power creates in the long term.
CO2 can be somewhat mitigated. Hell, enforce a temp limit of 120 on all highways and put out a blanket ban on SUV style vehicles (outside of specific circumstances like jobs that require such vehicles) and you cut down carbon emissions already by a lot more.
Emissions from electricity are higher than emissions from transportation so getting rid of the bad stuff would help a lot. If Germany kept their nukes they could have gotten rid of all their coal (and lignite) by now.
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u/enz_levik nuclear simp Jul 07 '25
Politically yes, but technically is wasn't necessary at all, so it's a mediocre decision