Comment on rollin' coal
realitista@lemm.ee 6 months agoNuclear is the solution until all coal plants are shut down. Coal kills millions each year (1000x more than coal) in addition to being a massive contributor to global warming. Nuclear is one of the safest power sources in the world and emits no greenhouse gas.
Shutting down nuclear plants while coal plants still exist is a crime against humanity.
itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 months ago
You know what, I actually agree on that. Countries that currently have running nuclear plants should keep them running until they’ve eliminated coal (and gas, although their use not really overlaps - base load vs peak), but then shut them down.
realitista@lemm.ee 6 months ago
Then we can totally agree. It’s not what Germany did though.
itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 months ago
Yes, but it’s too late to reverse that course. Germany’s nuclear plants are out of operation, and refitting and restarting them would take many years (most of them were at their end of life when they were shut down), and involve costs better spend towards the long term by building up renewables directly, and shutting down coal.
zaphod@sopuli.xyz 6 months ago
No, because Germany didn’t replace nuclear power with coal.
realitista@lemm.ee 6 months ago
Shutting down a nuclear plant while keeping coal ones open is replacing nuclear with coal.