Comment by smallstepforman
Comment by smallstepforman 6 hours ago
Rising energy costs and green policies make European manufacturing non-competitive.
Politicians ruining their countries.
Comment by smallstepforman 6 hours ago
Rising energy costs and green policies make European manufacturing non-competitive.
Politicians ruining their countries.
It's not about green policies, it's about Germany getting rid of its nuclear reactors after Fukushima and getting addicted to cheap Russian gas. Now that the latter is verboten their entire industry is in shambles. This is all Merkel giving in to populists instead of listening to scientists and trying to play nice with Putin.
> Germany could have kept the existing nuclear power in 2002 and possibly invest in new nuclear capacity. The analysis of these two alternatives shows that Germany could have reached its climate gas emission target by achieving a 73% cut in emissions on top of the achievements in 2022 and simultaneously cut the spending in half compared to Energiewende. Thus, Germany should have adopted an energy policy based on keeping and expanding nuclear power.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14786451.2024.2...