You’re making excuses for burning coal. I’m saying they shouldn’t be burning it at all.

Why the hell did they ban nuclear before coal anyway? That was just stupid.

We?

It was a stupid idea no matter who conceived of or implemented it.

Which is why it was stupid to start shutting them down! 🤣

BUT THE DEMOCRATS LEARNED A LESSON RIGHT???

Baseload is still needed now. End of.

Baseload is an antiquated concept that doesn’t work with lots of renewables. Battery storage may be not completely feasible yet, but look at California to see that it has the potential to be ready faster than we can build new npps.

“Baseload” is still needed. Renewables are great but they are simply not there yet. There is a world between “potential” and “available”.

Actually coal consumption is down to the level of the 1960s.

Yes, it’s down since the 1960s. If this is your level of understanding I don’t expect this to go well… 🙄

It shot up between 2020 and 2023 (4th chart here): https://www.cleanenergywire.org/factsheets/germanys-energy-consumption-and-power-mix-charts

Yes other things were happening, yes other values are moving up (renewables - yay!). But with no nuclear to fall back on Coal plants had to fire up to bear the burden of pressure on other fuels.

Nuclear is clean. Coal is certainly not clean.

Edit: also - https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/germany-approves-bringing-coal-fired-power-plants-back-online-this-winter-2023-10-04/

This is brilliant! We should also teach people to not steal or murder too! OMG I think you’ve cracked it!

Do you have a book or newsletter I could subscribe to?

I never said that. But there are ways we have to do neither. Why not concentrate on those, especially since they are magnitudes cheaper.

FSS I hate discussions with people… You can do more than one thing. You could have concentrated on both nuclear AND renewables and stopped burning COAL - but no, instead Germany had a fucking uptick in coal power while dropping the much cleaner nuclear.

This was so foreseeable it hurts. Renewables simply aren’t up to the task of baseload generation yet in the way that nuclear is.

It was a stupid idea no matter who conceived of or implemented it. Nuclear is the only viable clean baseload power generation option we have. Solar and wind can’t do it, coal and oil are filthy, battery storage is nowhere near where it needs to be yet.

Go ahead and try to use it then.

This is all very true - I’m just hoping he hasn’t learned from last time about how to effect change in government. Unfortunately it seems like those around him are just more sycophantic than last time. One thing he has learned is “who is loyal” which could be a problem…

The reason it’s “hidden” is to prevent it from being used when the car is NOT on fire.

It’s a well-designed car.

If there is one truth about humanity it is this - there is always a worse option.

Hegseth’s nomination is seen as a boost for the far right in Israel, as he has shown support for territorial expansion and suggested the construction of a new temple on the Temple Mount.

BUT AT LEAST THE DEMOCRATS LEARNED A LESSON RIGHT LEFTISTS???

Yeah - and as somebody reminded me in another thread it’s because you can damage the window by using it.

It’s such a well-designed car.

Ahh - yeah I think you’re right. I remember somebody complaining about damaging their car when they had to open it manually. What a bad design.

Let the infighting begin! Trump hires the worst people and creates a toxic “vie for the king’s attention” atmosphere.

I wonder how many mooches he’ll last.

Yeah - calling the admin was definitely the right thing to do. Even involving the police as reasonable (the whole world would be jumping all over the teachers and admin if they ignored it and something happened).

But goddamn everything after that is a clusterfuck. This law is the perfect example of “well meaning but stupid” legislation that has side effects that were entirely foreseeable but somehow a “shock” to the people who voted for it.

“You can’t fire me, I quit.”