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Elon Musk Only thing more cringe than posting on LinkedIn is shutting down perfectly working nuclear plants with no reliable domestic replacement except for lignite coal! Fortunately these things are in great shape (especially this one, Brokdorf nuclear plant) and can turn back on.

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Elon Musk1 year ago

I instantly lose respect for anyone who posts on LinkedIn. Unbearably cringe.

Jernej Zobec1 year ago

@elonmusk If Japan can restart idling NPPs why Germany can't? Purely ideological reasons?

Björn Hollensteiner1 year ago

@elonmusk The majority of german people agree - but that doesn't bother those who are in charge right now.

smopecakes1 year ago

@elonmusk While discount rates matter, one could argue that the social discount rate for long lived infrastructure providing a durably required resource should be lower And then...

D10s are a girl's best friend1 year ago

@elonmusk If only there was a pipeline for natural gas coming into Germany from the east. 🤔 We could call it Northern Stream! That might help alleviate some of this energy crunch....

kai1 year ago

@elonmusk No it can’t you dipshit. They already started to build it down. But how should you know? No nuclear plant in Germany can be reused and guess what: that’s alright! We don’t need that. Don’t spread fakenews.

Christian1 year ago

Our minister of economy @roberthabeck is convinced that nuclear doesnt make sense and lignite coal is much better for the environmental goals of his party. Also nuclear energy is much too expensive according to him. I mean just look at the prices for electricity in Germany. Nowhere in the world you can get it that cheap. He has a PHD in philosophy so he must know.

Jorit Wintjes1 year ago

@elonmusk Fun fact: two thirds of the population wanted this. Is the majority vote in a democratic society really "cringe"?

Disteckstoffmonodix1 year ago

@elonmusk I wouldn't call Isar 2 in good shape. The reactor for example is already separated from the main loop piping. Pumps are being dismantled...

Westsider1 year ago

@elonmusk Good on you @energybantsfor fighting the good fight. Nuclear is the only massively scalable, zero-carbon energy technology available using off-the-shelf. My #geothermal sector could get there someday, but it's not there yet.

FPLBruceWayne1 year ago

@elonmusk Why it’s shutdown? These build during sec world war? And shutdown after Hitler’s fall? And not starting due to some treaty with West & US!

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