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What if Germany had invested in nuclear power? A comparison between the German energy policy the last 20 years and an alternative policy of investing in nuclear power (www.tandfonline.com)
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The science is in:

The analysis of these two alternatives shows that Germany could have reached its climate gas emission target by achieving a 73% cut in emissions on top of the achievements in 2022 and simultaneously cut the spending in half compared to Energiewende. Thus, Germany should have adopted an energy policy based on keeping and expanding nuclear power.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago

That's fair, there would likely be a lot more challenges around this within the scope of the political system in Germany that would lead to longer timelines. I do think it's interesting to see how quickly this sort of stuff could be done in principle though. Given that we are already in a climate crisis, I find it depressing that we're still playing political games with these sort of issues.