No. But the market does. And there will come a time when ordinary folk will overwhelmingly realise that renewables are the cheapest source of energy.
It's already happening. Private investment goes into renewables!
Fair enough - those seem to be the stats of Germany/France alone.
As for the EU, the stats I posted above are correct. They are pretty good!
Nuclear is 3 times as expensive as renewables, which is why France wants EU subventions now, as nuclear got them heavily indebted. It's unsustainable!
Das Problem ist hier immer die Politik, der es in erster Linie um Wertschöpfung geht, auch wenn es längerfristig nach hinten los geht oder nur sehr oberflächlich einem kleinen Kreis zugute kommt.
Es ist immer das gleiche mit der konservativen Politik!
Oh, and as I was curious myself, I had a look around and found this:
www.euro-inox.org/yes-solar-pa...
No idea. But these days one can recycle almost everything.
Apart from that, these solar panels will last several decades - it's not unrealistic to assume there will be ways of recycling them after all this time.
Recycling?
Naja, aber Wertschöpfung geschieht hier nur zum Vorteil der automobilen Industrie - nicht zum Vorteil der Verbraucher oder Gesellschaft.
Das ist schon sehr einseitig, und markttechnisch auch nicht ewig aufrecht zu erhalten. Die Kundschaft wird schon irgendwann peilen, was günstiger für sie ist!
Das hat Uschi aber nur aufgrund des Drucks aus Frankreich verkündet, da Frankreich bis über die Ohren verschuldet ist, nicht zuletzt auch, weil man da alles auf die sehr teure nukleare Karte gesetzt hat.
Und jetzt wollen die Geld von der EU, um diese Kosten weiter zu stemmen....
Who in their right mind needs so much money just for themselves?
That was the balance of 2025.
According to your link:
Germany 2025 - import = 76,20 TWh
Germany 2025 - export = 54,30 TWh
Not so bad in view of the fact that renewables are still being developed. There is considerably more potential with the right political will.
Having said that, the market will decide in the end! ;-)
Where are those facts, then, other than you making them up?
Here's a bit of a reality check for you:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Iranian people will be less free - suppressed even more by a regime that is more extreme and authoritarian than the previous one!
The US and Israeli attacks have achieved precious little militarily and in view of an Iranian nuclear bomb. And the people on the ground are left high and dry....
Let's talk about this again in 15 years! ;-)
No, it doesn't. Particularly not during the summer months!
France imports a lot from German renewables as well - this works both ways. ;-)
Germany is on the right path, with between 60 and 70% of renewables already. Coal is negligible, and gas is only a backup that won't be needed once electricity infra structure and storage will be developed.
The mullahs are still in power. The police and revolutionary guards are still in power. That won't change unless the US puts boots on the ground to drive them out of power!
You seem to be quite ignorant as to what is really going on in Iran. Stop listening to Trump and Hegseth - it's all lies!
Nobody is willing to pay for it. Private investors are shying away from nuclear, because too expensive!
And countries like France are heavily indebted because of it - which is why they are putting pressure on von der Leyen in order to garner EU subventions!
Not here in Germany. There is not a single nuclear power station here.
And the lights are still on!
Nothing wrong with that as long as the grid is functional. That's the problem with most european countries: They don't want to invest in extending the grid and make it functional. Very shortsighted!
Falling back onto nuclear here will not be the solution!
Again: It's a very expensive way of energy production. Heavily subsidised with taxpayers money in France and other european countries. And to top it all, it's expensive for the consumer as well!
Give it 15 years whilst China and other countries are pushing renewables, and nuclear will be out!
No, they don't.
European Conservatives are merely trying to conserve. Same old, same old....
Thinking forward is not their thing! ;-)
And as we are seeing right now, it's already blowing up in their faces....
It will come. These things are getting invested in and developed, as we speak. In Denmark there are whole towns that get their electricity from just one giant heat pump!
The mullahs are still in power and in charge. They are suppressing the polation more than ever!
And that won't change, unless Trump puts boots on the ground.
But in view of the midterms, he's not going to do that, is he?
That's what ought to be invested in right now:
Extending the grid.
And electicity storage.
Ich verstehe nach wie vor nicht, warum sich diese Konservativen dermaßen gegen Erneuerbare wehren....
A "long term view" is precisely what you're not doing!
All the environmental friendly solutions are on the table. What's more, they are affordable! In any case much more affordable than nuclear power, with considerably less risk.
Renewables and EVs are the future!
And yet again, yet another dependency on some unstable regimes on account of where the Uranium and fuel rods are coming from.
There are so many downsides, other countries will pay the price before they know it.
You're flogging a dead horse!
And every summer nuclear plants in the south of France have to be turned down, as there isn't enough cooling water in the rivers and lakes thanks to Climate Change.
And do you realise how much nuclear costs? Just look at the exploding costs at Hinkley Point C!
As for nuclear waste, no solution!
