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by egloeda 902 days ago
The political (not technical) decision to close nuclear power plants in Spain will accelerate the impoverishment that Spaniards are already suffering.

A few facts:

1) The cost of closing the plants will be 22600M€.

2) The demolition and recycling will emit 28MTn CO2 .

3) Siemens Gamesa (which manufactures wind turbines) is bankrupt, but the Government of Spain is subsidizing 600000€ for each worker that is not fired.

4) In Galicia and Asturias (areas in the north and northwest of Spain) forests are being cut to put wind turbines.

It is a subsidized business and economically they are not profitable.

A disaster without equal.