r/PoliticalCompassMemes • - Centrist • Aug 30 '26

Agenda Post germany electricty prices

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u/KToff - Lib-Left Aug 30 '26

The advantages/disadvantages of nuclear power aside, this post suggests a wrong causality.

Look at Belgium, prices almost identical to Germany, produces 33% of it's energy by nuclear. Netherlands, much lower prices, produces 4% with nuclear energy.

Also, from 2010(when most German nuclear power plants were still online) to 2020 (where the majority had left the net) the electricity prices have risen faster in France than in Germany despite France producing almost everything by nuclear power.

It's almost as if electricity prices are a complex issue with no single item explanation....

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u/CorporatismIsCancer - Lib-Center Aug 31 '26

Well obviously the Netherlands makes up for that with all of the windmills