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NickB79

(19,258 posts) Thu Dec 23, 2021, 05:05 PM Dec 2021

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Belgium to close all current nuclear reactors by 2025

https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20211223-belgium-to-close-all-current-nuclear-reactors-by-2025

Close down 7 reactors that supply almost half the nation's electricity, but keep burning fossil fuels for 30% of domestic energy demand, with more gas-fired power plants predicted to replace them

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Belgium to close all current nuclear reactors by 2025 (Original Post) NickB79 Dec 2021 OP

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Dec 2021 #1

Right. In the meantime, the wind died down this summer in Europe NickB79 Dec 2021 #2

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It was a major news story all summer and fall NickB79 Dec 2021 #4

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Dec 2021 #5

We (humans) can be an incredibly stupid lot. c-rational Dec 2021 #6

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NickB79

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2. Right. In the meantime, the wind died down this summer in Europe

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Thu Dec 23, 2021, 06:24 PM

Dec 2021

And fossil fuel use exploded.

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NickB79

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4. It was a major news story all summer and fall

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Thu Dec 23, 2021, 07:22 PM

Dec 2021

https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/weak-winds-worsened-europes-power-crunch-utilities-need-better-storage-2021-12-22/

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c-rational

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6. We (humans) can be an incredibly stupid lot.

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Thu Dec 23, 2021, 08:24 PM

Dec 2021

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