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Has to be those frozen wind turbines and solar panels... (lemmy.world)
submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Source - The colors of the grids represent CO2 emissions

The title is a reference to the 2021 Texas power crisis

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[–] [email protected] 37 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

Which means a lot of energy for basically zero CO2.

The problem with nuclear power is there's just too fucking much of it. You've practically got to give that shit away for free. You're never in a position to squeeze retail electricity consumers for $3000/MwH.

The real meal ticket is down here in Texas, where a handful of gas-powered electric generator companies can form a cartel that fixes prices every time AC demand peaks during the summer. Then you can cash the fuck out by burning $.15 worth of butane for $50.

Germany could have been green, but opted to shutdown their nuclear facilities in what can only be described as a “hurt themselves in confusion” move.

Germany decided to rely on the cheap and abundant natural gas from checks notes, ah shit.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago

I like that name for Russia.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Germany decided to rely on the cheap and abundant natural gas from checks notes, ah shit.

and shutdown a brand new reactor as well, which would still be running, more than likely.