alt Hacker NewsThis comment shows how much disinformed you are on that question.
The temporary transition to coal was studied long time ago and identified as the best solution even though it would increase CO2 for a small time. But in compensation it would allow to transition faster to green energy thanks to savings done on nuclear, hence overall reducing faster CO2 emission.
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throwfaraway135 • today at 10:39 AM
why would you have such a phase? why turn off nuclear before you have your renewables in place?
ilpirata79 • today at 10:44 AM
What about the savings, I thought nuclear was the cheapest form of energy
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Foskya • today at 10:49 AM
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> The temporary transition to coal was studied long time ago and identified
When and by whom? The "phase-out" in 2002 was enacted by a government led by a person who later turned out to be a paid Russian agent. How did that work out? Germany did almost nothing for 10-15 while it increased it's dependency on fossil fuel imports from Russia...