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| Germany is moving beyond nuclear power, but at what cost? (nytimes.com) | ||
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6 months ago I would have hot-headedly agreed with everything you say.
The discussions I found on: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21992958
changed my mind though. Nuclear power in France is heavily subsidized and it doesn’t make much economic sense. I mean, the radioactive emission from coal plants is higher than from nuclear powerplants - but the overall costs are too high.
Check out what Patagonia has to say on hydro plants and the ecological impact in case you are interested.
I do think that the way Germany is tackling electricity/energy is not great. Like so many things they are not solving...