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And the nuke fanboys will still be fantasising about building a couple of thousand new nukes.
Nuclear is the future!
No, really, if we start work today we'll generate our first new nuclear electricity in about 25 years!
What's better, quickly manufactured and deployed renewable capacity every year for 25 years, or just burning coal at the same rate until we get our reactors approved, planned, constructed, certified and ready to go in 25 years?
What about investing billions in renewables energy, installing solar panels and wind turbines everywhere over 25 years, closing existing nuclear plants and still have one of the dirtiest electricity in Europe because we are still buying coal like there is no tomorrow ?
This is the path chosen by Germany.
Solar and nuclear are not competing energy, they are complementing each other and we should use both whenever it's possible.
I don't understand the anti nuclear position when the real issue is fossil fuel, especially coal.
Well, Germany is one of the biggest industies and economies in Europe. Germany has been emitting the most CO2 of all EU countries in 2000 and in 2023. Nuclear has never played a major role, but solar and Wind has exploded over the last 25 years, while coal has stayed stable. So the growth in demand over the last 25 years has been covered almost completely by renewables.
France is by the way on the forth Position if it comes to CO2 pollution in the EU. But to be fair they ennited about 10 % in 2023 while Germany contributed about 25 %. And on a per capital base Germany is doing pretty bad to, so it defnetly has to transition away from coal.
That won't be towards nuclear tough. Germany will further expand it's renewable Sector and some day get rid of its coal. Are they to slow with that? Absolutely. Is nuclear the answer to that? No.