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Germany's coal exit quietly progressing, likely completed by 2032 – researcher
(www.cleanenergywire.org)
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Fucking hell that is slow. Germany, wtf?
Sorry, our current head of government is kind of a slug
I'm guessing they'll get to 90% very soon, and that last 10% is what takes the most time
they were quick to exit NUCLEAR power.
Not really. It took about fourty years of discussion, strife, protests, civil desobedience, and no less than five widely reported major nuclear accidents - Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, and the three plants at Fukushima - to get there. And renewable energy is a child of the quest to get better energy sources, thst stsrted in mid-seventies, and started to become mature with megawatt wind power plants in the early naughties. We would not have these without the antinuclear movement. I know all that well because I studied applied physics and renewable energy in Germany since 1988.
The decades old logo of the antinuclear movement
.... shows a fiery sun for a reason.
Meanwhile China's New Coal Power Installations Reach 18-Year High
"but someone else will do worse" is not a valid defence.
Not really a defense, just saying that they are nullifying our efforts.
But you haven't made an effort
"Our efforts" lol, lmao even. The west - Germany and the US in particular - are not even trying.
Yes of course, decommissioning coal power plants instead of building them rapidly is bad apparently.
You are absolutely clueless on the matter. I will not engage in a conversation with someone fighting surface level stuff, bye.
So are their renewable installations...
That's like saying a chain smoker is turning healthy by starting to brush their teeth, while increasing their cigarette intake..
60% of China's power capacity at this point are renewables, and even if they're building coal, they're building renewables much faster.. Long term, it's clear they're still phasing out coal.. The power plants are there, but they probably won't be running much in 10-20 years time
So what? Germany is also at slightly above 60% renewables with 80% by 2030 being a goal, and we don't build new coal power plants!
Faster than I expected, what with the CDU in power and all
Only like a decade after they said they would. That's pretty good still going to cause untold ecological damage but less than say openai or the invasiam of Ukraine
The invasion of Ukraine forced Europe to lower fossil fuel consumption and now Ukraine is also destroying a lot of fossil fuel infrastructure in Russia. Even the destruction of the Kakhovka dam seems to turn out rather wild ecosystem. The Baltic countries are also recreating massive wetlands on the border to Russia.
Do maybe Ukraine is ecological break even and american invasion if Iran might be good who do you think we can make China and India invade to fuck up fossil infra
LOL we're getting wildly expensive environmentally disastrous fracking gas from the USSA, shipped in diesel tankers.
And why? because these terrorists blew up Nordstream causing a huge environmental disater by itself.
Quit your BS
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