http://motorcitytimes.com/mct/2010/04/26-new-coal-power-plants-in-germany/ A conservative view of south east Michigan and beyond Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:35:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://motorcitytimes.com/mct/2010/04/26-new-coal-power-plants-in-germany/comment-page-1/#comment-7096 Belgium Joins the Nuclear de-Renaissance @ Helian Unbound Wed, 02 Nov 2011 00:50:45 +0000 http://motorcitytimes.com/mct/?p=128#comment-7096 [...] It will be interesting to see how all this turns out in the long run.  In the short term it will certainly be a boon to China and India.  They will continue to expand their nuclear capacity and their lead in advanced nuclear technology, with a windfall of cheaper fuel thanks to Western anti-nuclear activism.  By the time the Europeans come back to the real world and finally realize that renewables aren’t going to cover all their energy needs, they will likely be forced to fall back on increasingly expensive and heavily polluting fossil fuels.  Germany is already building significant new coal-fired capacity. [...] [...] It will be interesting to see how all this turns out in the long run.  In the short term it will certainly be a boon to China and India.  They will continue to expand their nuclear capacity and their lead in advanced nuclear technology, with a windfall of cheaper fuel thanks to Western anti-nuclear activism.  By the time the Europeans come back to the real world and finally realize that renewables aren’t going to cover all their energy needs, they will likely be forced to fall back on increasingly expensive and heavily polluting fossil fuels.  Germany is already building significant new coal-fired capacity. [...]

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