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>meanwhile the German Greens are happy pushing for more coal and lignite burning (since they opposed nuclear power, and now Russian gas).

This is impressively wrong. German coal power production in 2023 was at it lowest in 60 years.

https://www.cleanenergywire.org/news/germanys-coal-power-pro....

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You have to look at both domestic and imported sources: Germany’s nuclear shutdown has led to a steep rise in imported electricity, presumably from dirtier sources than nuclear.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/1413285/electricity-impo...

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