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"More than a decade ago, Germany began to phase out nuclear power while failing to ramp up other energy production. The result has been catastrophic for citizens and for the ruling government. In the first half of 2024, Germans paid the highest electricity prices in the European Union."

Catastrophic? If I have to pay 33% more for electricity now than in 2010? And if corrected for inflation the electricity costs in Germany are actually going down. There is some obvious spin in this article which is distracting from the real issue:

It's the housing, stupid!

What is really catastrophic also in Germany is the increase of rents and housing prices.




Sure, if you don't care about climate change at all you can just activate and build coal power plants.


"Germany's carbon dioxide emissions fell to their lowest in 70 years in 2023, touching levels last seen in the 1950s"

https://etn.news/buzz/germany-emissions-fall-re-dominates-en...




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