theonyltruemupf @ theonyltruemupf @feddit.de

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I wish you were right, but you are not. Those reactors don't exist.

That's true. The original plans for phasing out nuclear energy encompassed huge investments in renewable energy. The government Merkel II then decided to keep using nuclear and not invest in renewables, then decided a year later to leave nuclear again without investing in renewables. That little maneuver not only cost huge amounts of compensation for the big energy companies but also nuked (haha) the German wind and solar industry to the ground.

First and foremost, priorities are set by reality.

Extending a dog's lifespan by 60 years would be a very high demand product and could be sold for much more than what smartphones cost. If it was feasible, it would have already been done.

Nuclear power is expensive and slow to build. Wind and solar are much, much cheaper and quicker.

US democracy is weak. With first past the post voting, a two party system is inevitable. But not voting Biden because he is "genocidal" is the dumbest excuse ever.

Fight to change the voting system, but don't fight it by getting a literal fascist elected. Because that's what you are responsible for if you don't vote.

I have been pretty much exclusively using Bluetooth headsets for almost ten years and got my first phone without a jack this year. Sometimes you want to plug into someone's car or home stereo and can't, that's annoying. But other aspects are far more important in my buying decision.

Zefrank

Educational stuff

Hmmm

There is no profit being made by harassing some innocent modders. If anything, projects like these are free advertising for Nintendo.

Same. I'm sure the rest is not bad but I can't get into it. Ten is absolute perfection.

20% for static panels is fine though because they are spamable. They are cheap and you can just put them on roofs and parking lots.

KDE can do that without third party software I believe.

Piss off "the Jews"? Can we please condemn Israels violence without antisemitism?

There is not a lot of storage yet because the goal is only to be climate neutral by 2045 and right now, more power generation has the priority. There are limited funds.

I never said it was easy. I said it was more economically viable than constructing dozens of nuclear reactors.
On the contrary, it's one of the biggest economic transitions ever.

Wind turbines make up the biggest share of regenerative capacity in the German power grid and there tends to be more wind in winter:

Sorry it's not the best diagram and it's in German.
The numbers appear to be TWh of power (that's why it doesn't add up to 100). The percentage above each month is the percentage of regenerative sources. 2023 it never dropped beneath 50% except 47 in February.

No nuclear plants were shut down in 2022. Emissions rose because gas was expensive and more coal was burned as a result. The downward trend has since resumed.

In 2023, Germany imported about 12 TWh from France which is about 2% of the total power consumption. Germany tends to export more energy than it imports. Imports and exports are a very normal thing because of the European power grid.

France has its own set of problems with all their nuclear power, namely very high (tax funded) maintenance costs and lack of cooling water in the dry summers.

Millions of dollars of pay are always absurd but this really puts it into perspective

I know. The price per kWh is still better with renewables and the speed of construction doesn't even compare.

Studying the blade

Germany right now has about 60-70% renewable electricity in the summer and about 50% renewable in winter. 100% is absolutely achievable. You need to install more capacity than you need of course and there will be times where you generate much more power than you need. That is not a problem because a) renewables are cheap to install and b) you can use that excess power to charge batteries or synthesize hydrogen.
Those in turn can be used for times where power production might now be enough otherwise. We have the technology, we are deploying it right now and by the time the last coal plants are shut down, it will work.

If we start building nuclear power today, we get less capacity slower for a higher price.

We don't have 20-30 years to wait for a "maybe".

We need to drastically reduce emissions yesterday. The way to do that is water, wind, solar.

Nuclear power is expensive. If a plant is no longer safe to operate, it may make sense to shut it down for good.

Building the same capacity in renewables is often cheaper and faster than repairing an old plant or even building a new one.