• abbadon420@lemm.ee
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    5 months ago

    Well of course. Germany has been opening coal plants in favor of nuclear plants.

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      5 months ago

      No. Coal in general is in decline in Germany despite the shutdown of nuclear power plants. Some coal power plants were reactivated in 2022 to cover the shortage of gas, but at the same time the run time of the remaining nuclear power plants was extended by around 3 months. The reactivated coal power plants were shut down around the same time as the nuclear power plants.

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      5 months ago

      That’s not true at all. We’ve not burned as little coal as today since 1959.

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      5 months ago

      While that’s true, the article says

      The two countries are so far off track of cutting greenhouse gas emissions in industries like transportation and buildings

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      5 months ago

      Bullshit. The usage of coal in Germany is going steadily down and all German coal power plants will be phased out until 2035.