Right on queue Germany is showing us the folly of premature shutdown of it's power stations, people are about to freeze over winter and even the greens are declaring a halt to the shutdown process.
The irony is, Germany imports most of it's reserve power now from France, and you know what generates it, nuclear!
Some will make this another pro / anti nuclear type debate, but it really is highlighting the stupidity of forming government energy management policy by social media. The replacement technologies just aren't there and reliable yet, a delay just to next April means squat, viability is years away!
Imagine if Echuca, Rochester, Kerang, etc., etc., had a dependency on ground plane solar PV, or the batteries went under. That's not going to be power back on when it things dry out, in weeks or months later! :o
The irony is, Germany imports most of it's reserve power now from France, and you know what generates it, nuclear!
Some will make this another pro / anti nuclear type debate, but it really is highlighting the stupidity of forming government energy management policy by social media. The replacement technologies just aren't there and reliable yet, a delay just to next April means squat, viability is years away!
Imagine if Echuca, Rochester, Kerang, etc., etc., had a dependency on ground plane solar PV, or the batteries went under. That's not going to be power back on when it things dry out, in weeks or months later! :o
"Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck ....... Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck"