• CrimeDad
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    611 year ago

    Anti-nuclear power activism is a fossil fuel industry op.

  • They’re playing the long game, at this rate they’ll soon have no winter to worry about, it will be 25°C in the winter and there’s no heating needed so no more energy demand spikes! /S

  • @saltesc@lemmy.world
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    71 year ago

    Makes sense.

    I’m sure they’ll go on improving to avoid such band-aids dependent on coal or Russian gas.

    Meanwhile in my country, coal be like breakfast cereal. I have moved to a 100% renewable area though. Can’t even get a gas stove 👍

    • SkaveRat
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      81 year ago

      coal be like breakfast cereal

      I’m struggling to understand this metaphor

    • @BastingChemina@slrpnk.net
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      41 year ago

      The thing is that even with 100% renewables you still need to have thermal power stations.

      Right now it’s coal but I hopefully the German will be able to switch to biomass or hydrogen stations.

      • @saltesc@lemmy.world
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        61 year ago

        Australia.

        Where the coal comes from and what your country does with it ain’t our problem. We’ll even discount you if you’re going through it quick enough.

  • @Chup@feddit.de
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    61 year ago

    There is no one to blame but Putin.

    This is an emergency procedure due to Russia’s invasion in Ukraine. Without the invasion, the backup coal plants would just stay backup. As coal plants need weeks to start up, they cannot just be turned on when needed. They need to be turned on early and likely run with low power through the winter, just in case they might be needed. This is bad too. This is due to Putin’s war.

    It’s silly to make connections to the 1986 & 2011 nuclear exit, when the cause for this short-term measure is a recent event. Without Russia invading Ukraine, the coal plants would stay off.

  • AutoTL;DRB
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    41 year ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:


    BERLIN, Oct 4 (Reuters) - Germany’s cabinet on Wednesday approved putting on-reserve lignite-fired power plants back online from October until the end of March 2024, the economy ministry said, as a step to replace scarce natural gas this winter and avoid shortages.

    In the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and a sudden drop in Russian gas imports to Germany, Berlin reactivated coal-fired power plants and extended their lifespans, with a total output of 1.9 gigawatt hours generated last winter.

    Despite gas bottlenecks easing since last winter with new liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal deliveries, coal-fired power plans will be reactivated and the government will make proposals by summer next year on how to offset increased carbon dioxide these plants will generate this winter.


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  • Ooops
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    -11 year ago

    And another thread of “oh no! they fuck the environment and us all” when the reality is the lowest coal use in Germany for decades. With a hike in reduction the moment these shitty nuclear reactors providing basically nothing (>2% in the months they were still running) but getting renewable energy shut down were finally gone

    Reactivating coal power plants for winter in case they should be needed is not the same as actually burning coal. Not that any of your favorite propagandists would ever tell you that secret.

      • Ooops
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        -11 year ago

        Do you understand how reality works? You know this strange thing were coal usage in Germany is going down constantly while everyone is screaming at the top of their lungs how Germany is burning more coal?