[nickik]

I have been trying to explain this to people so many times, but they just don't want it. Germany is the worst, at the same time they shut down nuclear, they also refuse gas. Now they just use nuclear from France and dirty coal.

Overall this great energy plan is gone create fare more CO2 for the foreseeable future.

[adventured]

They definitely deserve immense credit for the renewables build-out the last decade. Having more than doubled their energy production from renewables from ~15% to over ~35% in that time. Accounting for 2-4% more per year, hopefully it's near a tipping point where it begins to hammer down coal consumption there. Throw in some natural gas on top, maybe Germany chops coal use down by 1/2 in the next 10 years.