• dummbatz@feddit.de
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    1 year ago

    this is the German power production for the last 30 years. Shutting down nuclear started in early 2000s

    brown = brown coal, pink = black coal, grey = nuclear, yellow = gas, blue = oil, green = renewables

    What I can read in this graphic is black coal and nuclear got phased out. Brown coal sunk a little bit and renewables multiplied their production.

    Yes, I support your opinion, it would’ve been better having 25-30% nuclear power instead of coal. I guess this wasn’t possible as nuclear always had a bad stance in Germany and coal was a big employer. Maybe a bit like Norway and its oil.

    But at the point Germany is now or was a year ago it’s way easier, cheaper and faster to invest in renewables instead of building new npp.