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23/09/24
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Originally posted by AmbrosePethick
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Germany is now discovering the real cost since the Government decided in 2002 to eschew nuclear power and go with “Die Energiewende” AKA wind and solar.
In a study done by Jan Emblemsvåg, a Professor of Civil Engineering at Norway's NTNU shows that the net result of German politicians’ shortsightedness in phasing out nuclear power is a vastly pricier grid. The new analysis shows that if Germans simply maintained their 2002 fleet of reactors through 2022, they could have saved themselves roughly $600 billion Euros. Why so much? Well, in addition to their construction costs, renewables required expensive grid upgrades and subsidies. Moreover, in this hypothetical scenario where nuclear remained, Germany enjoyed nearly identical reductions in carbon emissions.
If the Germans had taken the money spent on expanding renewables and instead used it to construct new nuclear capacity. According to his calculations, they could have slashed carbon emissions a further 73% on top of their cuts in 2022, while simultaneously enjoying a savings of 330 billion Euros compared to the massive costs of Energiewende.
Insanity on steroids.
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The new analysis shows that if Germans simply maintained their 2002 fleet of reactors through 2022, they could have saved themselves roughly $600 billion Euros .
The ‘could have’ argument cuts both ways
Germany ditched nuclear because of the nuclear accident risk
how much could it have saved by not having a nuclear accident?
probably a lot more than 600 billion