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Originally Posted by Arragonis
It will also be interesting it they mention how this is supposed to power German industry (steel, aluminium, cars, trains etc.) and also whether the generating infrastructure is locally made or from China.
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The other half of the equation is that when energy is cheap, there is no immediate incentive not to waste it - which generally winds up being more expensive in the long run. Just for an example, say a plant manager could make changes that would save $100K/year in energy costs (at current prices), but the cost of the changes would be $500K this year. If he expects to move to another job in a few years, it's to his benefit not to make the changes, as that keeps his quarterly numbers high, even though it's worse for the company's long-term profits.
As for Germany and nuclear plants, that's just the Watermelon Party's politics of fear at work.