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by illiarian 1148 days ago
> Your claim was that Germany replaced nuclear with coal. Here are the hard numbers:

Funny how these hard numbers don't answer a simple question: where does Germany get its power on a quiet night like April 15th (answer is simple: buring coal, gas, and biofuels).

> BTW with what did France replace its failing reactors last year?

Last year it's "failing" generators were taken of for planned maintenance. The actual failures accounted for 0.18% loss in power.