Germany took to social media to rebut comments made by former President Donald Trump during the presidential debate Tuesday about the country's renewable energy industry.
One more time, for those in the back:
New types of nuclear power can’t be developed and built fast enough to help prevent the climate catastrophy. We need to (and are on track to) be carbon neutral in 20 years.
Building new nuclear power plants is more expensive than any other form of energy.
They hamper building renewables because they can’t be switched off quickly, which means they don’t fit into the flexible energy infrastructure that is needed to use renewables.
They are unnecessary, Germany already replaced the power they supplied with renewables, and are continuing to reduce coal power.
Even if they are 100% safe, they’re obsolete already.
One more time, for those in the back:
New types of nuclear power can’t be developed and built fast enough to help prevent the climate catastrophy. We need to (and are on track to) be carbon neutral in 20 years.
Building new nuclear power plants is more expensive than any other form of energy.
They hamper building renewables because they can’t be switched off quickly, which means they don’t fit into the flexible energy infrastructure that is needed to use renewables.
They are unnecessary, Germany already replaced the power they supplied with renewables, and are continuing to reduce coal power.
Even if they are 100% safe, they’re obsolete already.