Men like him are the reason I never voted for @spdde, and probably never will. Lots of talk about the common good, but a very clear sense of personal entitlement as priority number one
Gerhard Schröder has become the most prominent face of a long era of miscalculation that left Germany deeply reliant on Russian gas. He expresses no regret and has also profited handsomely from it, earning millions while promoting Russian energy interests. nyti.ms/3s9lC11
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You mean fossil fuel interests might have been supporting the Greens to end nuclear power? That would be an incredibly implausible conspiracy theory tbh. Lots to criticize about them, of course, but that would be not one of those things
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Gas power plants can complement solar/wind power plants since their output can be adjusted quickly. Nuclear doesn't work for this. And gas power plants can be built to consume hydrogen too. That can be produced from overcapacity of solar/wind and stored. Imo not too weird as idea
In addition to the technical substitution there are also political and commercial aspects to consider like a) Germany's decision in 2011 to finally phase out nuclear power and b) market effects that lead to unintuitive/suboptimal behaviour of power providers. 1/2
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See quarks.de/podcast/quarks-sci… for a discussion of that specific aspect and a general assessment of nuclear power usage for Germany based on scientific evidence
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It seems to me there’s no scientific consensus regarding whether or not nuclear power is the lesser evil. Assessing the risks, as well as the economical and political consequences, seem way too hard for that. In any case, for Germany, that ship has probably sailed for good
Apr 24, 2022 · 5:33 PM UTC
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