German Nuclear Power Phaseout
January 3, 2020 at 8:17 pm
(This post was last modified: January 3, 2020 at 8:25 pm by Alex K.)
As a child I grew up with NPPs Philippsburg Block 1+2 permanently in view just 10 miles down in the valley. I was in Kindergarten when Chernobyl blew up and was terrified living next to a NPP for a while.
3 days ago, the last operating Block, Philippsburg 2, was taken offline as part of the Nuclear power phaseout which was decided after the Fukushima meltdowns.
There was a switch off party by the Greens, but, remarkably, there also was a small international protest by people fighting for the preservation and expansion of the German nuclear fleet as a means to fight climate change.
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Philippsburg 2 was basically substituted simultaneously by a brand new coal fired plant, further worsening our bad CO2 footprint. The "Energiewende" , the official policy which purports to achieve decarbonization purely with renewables, is not it good shape at all, with newly built wind power dwindling and the local solar industry basically dying from neglect, and no visible effort to develop the necessary gigantic power storage capability which has to go with a grid of 100% intermittent power sources, so we're basically risking becoming a bad example for the rest of the world.
So what do you think? Should we keep the nukes, even build new ones as these protesters demand in order to save the climate, or throw them out and go for 100% Wind+Solar?
3 days ago, the last operating Block, Philippsburg 2, was taken offline as part of the Nuclear power phaseout which was decided after the Fukushima meltdowns.
There was a switch off party by the Greens, but, remarkably, there also was a small international protest by people fighting for the preservation and expansion of the German nuclear fleet as a means to fight climate change.
Philippsburg 2 was basically substituted simultaneously by a brand new coal fired plant, further worsening our bad CO2 footprint. The "Energiewende" , the official policy which purports to achieve decarbonization purely with renewables, is not it good shape at all, with newly built wind power dwindling and the local solar industry basically dying from neglect, and no visible effort to develop the necessary gigantic power storage capability which has to go with a grid of 100% intermittent power sources, so we're basically risking becoming a bad example for the rest of the world.
So what do you think? Should we keep the nukes, even build new ones as these protesters demand in order to save the climate, or throw them out and go for 100% Wind+Solar?
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition
