Who turned off the cheap GHG free Nuclear power? Who cheated on the emissions tests for the main exported vehicle? I have to assume you think all of germany's problems aren't of their own making per the tone of your comment.
Probably the 100th time I have to say this, but it still seems necessary: Phasing out of nuclear power was a decision that was made in 2011 (after the Fukushima incident) and even the power companies didn't want to have their reactors run any longer because they were EOL.
"cheap" is also not true if you look over to France and their newly built systems.
"Cheap" (or "costs") can get complicated to calculate as there's more that Europe factors in than simply the costs of running the plants. Europe doesn't have fantastic energy reserves, so that energy has to come from somewhere. Historically, a large percentage has been oil via the Middle East. That has political and military costs such as how they work with the Arab states, support for the U.S. which maintains security of the Persian Gulf, etc.
France's choice of nuclear is influenced in part because of security decisions they made in the 50s and their (until recently) ability to source cheap uranium from Mali.
Germany phased out their plants in order to stave off a last minute electoral disaster, which worked. But I'd argue that it was before they were ready. Renewables have promise, but have not reached the point where they are cheap and plentiful enough to power the energy-intensive Germany economy. I'm sure they'll get there eventually, but they're going through a painful phase to bridge that gap thanks to Merkel's decision.
Good read: https://www.cleanenergywire.org/factsheets/history-behind-ge...
The new power plants are more expensive since you have all the upfront costs of development but those are long lived assets that as they get to the end of their lives are producing very stable cheap power.
And yes Germany absolutely turned off their Nuclear power - your comment agrees 100% with that. It was made by Merkels party and is absolutely tarnishing her legacy.
They bought Russian oil via the so called shadow fleets. Pure hypocrisy.
Just now Biden sanctioned Rosatom and the shadow fleets in order to make things more difficult for Trump.
Just last month The U.S. coerced Ukraine to stop transit of Russian gas (while collecting transit fees).
Unfortunately in times of conflict like this, things aren't exactly clear cut, and our need for Russian uranium may be too high to stop buying. It is what it is.
> They bought Russian oil via the so called shadow fleets. Pure hypocrisy
Cite your source.
> Just now Biden sanctioned Rosatom and the shadow fleets in order to make things more difficult for Trump.
How does this make things more difficult for Trump? You mean it makes things more difficult for Russia? Or should we buy oil from Russian shadow fleets? I'm not following your point here.
> Just last month The U.S. coerced Ukraine to stop transit of Russian gas (while collecting transit fees).
Weren't you complaining about the United States and France buying Russian uranium?
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