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by _0w8t 1436 days ago
The answer for the war is coal and this is exactly what Germany is doing. It is simpler and cheaper to run the existing coal plants at the full capacity or even increase it than try to maintain the nuclear plants long past the original design lifespan and that were planned to be stopped for years.

In retrospect it would be better if Germany did not decide to shutdown the nuclear, but presently this is a rational decision.