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Germany's Emissions Dive to a 70-Year Low Amid Decline in Coal Use (bnnbreaking.com)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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For a country that people shat on a lot for closing their nuclear plants Germany is on the right track reducing their C02.

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[–] someguy3 10 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Now think about how much lower it could have been with nuclear power.

[–] silver13 18 points 10 months ago

Not much, since it covered only about 4% of the demand to begin with. Plus billions in compensations for nuclear companies if the plans had been changed again. Plus Billions to transport the waste through the country again and again because there is no storage safe enough on the long term. All of that money is by far better invested in renewables.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 10 months ago (1 children)

They have been searching for more than 30 years to hide the last nuclear waste somewhere and still haven't found a suitable place. That's why they don't want nuclear power.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Here is were we in scandinavia can step up, we have a stable bedrock and modern technology to drill into the ground.

Let us build a few permanent storage sites with secure handling facilities and sell space to other countries needing it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Ontario, Canada this year is supposed to be choosing which of 2 proposed storage sites will be chosen for development. Nuclear power is a major part of the grid there, representing something like 35% of capacity and 55% of output. The generation facilities are geographically well situated, with one station being <100km away from a proposed storage site and two others within 250km.

I wonder what kind of risks there are with accidents during long distance transportation. Ships sink, trains derail, and trucks have accidents.