• Chup@feddit.de
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    1 year ago

    There is no one to blame but Putin.

    This is an emergency procedure due to Russia’s invasion in Ukraine. Without the invasion, the backup coal plants would just stay backup. As coal plants need weeks to start up, they cannot just be turned on when needed. They need to be turned on early and likely run with low power through the winter, just in case they might be needed. This is bad too. This is due to Putin’s war.

    It’s silly to make connections to the 1986 & 2011 nuclear exit, when the cause for this short-term measure is a recent event. Without Russia invading Ukraine, the coal plants would stay off.

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      1 year ago

      Tbf Germany is also very much in fault at failing to build nuclear power plants and fueling anti nuclear sentiment among their population.

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      1 year ago

      Putin isn’t to blame for decades of terrible energy politics and Germany becoming depended on Russian energy even though everybody told us it was a bad idea.

    • zephyreks@lemmy.mlOPM
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      1 year ago

      It wasn’t Putin who bombed Nordstream nor was it Putin who decided to make Germany completely forget the principle of energy independence. Germany fucked themselves and now people are looking for excuses.

    • TheAnonymouseJoker@lemmy.ml
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      The blame goes on Germany backing up Ukraine and fighting the war for USA’s personal war profiteering terrorist fetishes. This is why in East Germany, there is so much support garnering for Putin, to counterbalance supporting NATO bullshit. Citizens are suffering and they cannot keep blaming it on Putin, even after USA purposely blew up Nordstream pipelines to make Germany their oil slave.