Reply to post: Re: Good on them

Introducing 'freedom gas' – a bit like the 2003 deep-fried potato variety, only even worse for you

codejunky Silver badge

Re: Good on them

@Paul Crawford

"I seem to remember some news about Germany shutting down nuclear plants to be "Green" and then importing electric from neighbours generate largely from Russian gas...or am I misremembering?"

From what I recall Germany subsidised green energy which became a problem when actual generation was cut for being too expensive so Germany imported from neighbours and also subsidises fossil fuel so the lights stay on.

The nuclear plants were shut off because they wet themselves after fukushima so as a result started burning the most polluting of coal to make up the shortfall.

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