WolfThick t1_j4bpz7l wrote
Wait I thought they had significantly slowed the coal mining down before covid and we're moving towards more natural gas to replace it. Building some ocean going LPG and delivery ports would make better sense especially moving into the future.
nhomewarrior t1_j4cb8fj wrote
Germans decided nuclear power was too dangerous, but they needed electricity so 🤷
WolfThick t1_j4clfso wrote
So why don't they replace them with thorium reactors which is basically the safest type of energy you could possibly have on the planet
browngray t1_j4d2yll wrote
They're mining lignite, so safety is already out of the equation.
Plus you'd have to make a production-grade thorium reactor first compared to building one out of an existing design. Research projects won't solve an energy crisis that needs the energy now than later.
defcon_penguin t1_j4ftu0l wrote
The plan of temporary replacing coal with gas during the scale up of renewables was made when Russian gas was still plenty and cheap. LPG is not enough and too expensive to replace coal. Germany will have to directly replace coal with renewables
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