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by uecker 785 days ago
Germany did not achieve "the opposite". Use of fossil fuels and CO2 emissions are constantly decreasing. But it is true that keeping existing nuclear plants running longer would have been good idea. But if one wants to complain about the past, why not complain that we collectively did not invest more in renewables earlier? In contrast to nuclear power, which did not become cheaper despite substantial investments, investments in renewables brought prices down substantially.