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    2. legendarygael1 on

      That’s great.

      Now lets start rebooting nuclear power plants and build new ones, they’re a vastly better substitute for replacing coal than wind and solar, specifically.

      **(EDIT) Short clarification on my position before inevitatly backlash:**

      Both coal and gas has a fairly high Capacity Factor (**CF**), but this is even higher (extremely high in fact) for nuclear. So, for you that don’t know, **CF** is an excellent unit to describe the reliability of energy output by different energy sectors.

      The problem with Solar and Wind is that their **CF** is very low, especially for Solar in Europe (seasonality and climate). And whenever Solar and Wind peaks there is only a limitied way to capitalize on the surplus of energy. An example of this is to decentralize energy infrastructure, investing in heat pumps and batteries for households and other consumers. However, in case we keep investing heavily in wind/solar at the expense of higher CF sectors, we might end up shooting ourselves in the foot unless we can adapt by addressing the strutucal issues. *This is very hard to do* ***cost-effective****.*

      So essentially I argue we can’t reduce coal and gas sectors without risking higher overall energy prices. France with high nuclear power generation is an excellent example of **lower** and **stable energy prices** while Germany who has shut down all its nuclear reactors, is an excellent example of general **highe**r and more **volatile energy prices**.

      This is all of course very simplified, but I’m too busy to get into more specifics nor am I an energy expert.

    3. Tricky-Astronaut on

      The share of imports has barely changed. Meanwhile India has cracked down on gas, going from 12% to 2% in a decade, mostly thanks to [domestic coal](https://www.swiftcentre.org/publicforecasts/global-coal-consumption-will-defy-expectations).

      Not only did India gain energy security, but also increased competitiveness, as domestic coal is [overwhelmingly](https://www.cleanenergywire.org/factsheets/setting-power-price-merit-order-effect) cheaper than imported gas.

      India isn’t the exception – Europe is. It’s basically the only place on Earth where cheaper coal is phased out before gas, and the consequences are quite obvious.

    5. budapestersalat on

      But what’s the absolute value of each? % share is not the full picture

    7. Ok-Cookie9646 on

      Is there some lobby groups actively trying to sway people for coal and nuclear and against renewable on Reddit? 

    8. Master-Software-6491 on

      Everything atop Bioenergy should be nuclear only.

    9. Competitive_Till_907 on

      Finally, some good news about climate. I really need more nows like this so im not that depressed about our future.

    10. Smooth_Cockroach_909 on

      While we absolutely should try to minimize coal, we definitely should not destroy our coal power plants at this point in time. We should maintain them in working conditions so when inevitably the gas exporting countries try to leverage their power against us, we have something to fall back on.

    11. Particular-Star-504 on

      Wait because nuclear is soooo dangerous. Shouldn’t we close all the nuclear plants and restart coal plants quickly, or import more gas from Russia?

    12. No-Muffin3595 on

      Fellow Spanish friends, I was in Gran Canaria in january and I’ve been to Lanzarote and Fuertentura and I have one big question. Why all these island don’t use all the wind and sun that they have all year and create energy only with that are or the major part but still use a lot of fossil?

    13. Ynwe on

      For those crying for nuclear: Stop, until a technology breakthrough happens, nuclear will continue to decline as its cost are just way too high compared to rewnewable energy sources.

      And no, I am not anti nuclear, it is just sadly not economically feasible at the moment for a vast nuclear expansion, we see a world wide contraction, including places like China where public opinion has a lesser role in such decision making. If we can get fusion nuclear energy to be anywhere near break even, then this would be a huge game changer for nuclear and then I would love to see the EU expand heavily in this area. But fission is on a world wide decline.

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