They are at EU average again mostly… Greedy fucks.
Says the highest industry lobbyist of the country. I don’t by it.
As to be expected. By political initiative, they shut down their nuclear power a while back
Nuclear had nearly no effect on the energy prices in germany. Here is an overview: https://www.zeit.de/wirtschaft/energiemonitor-deutschland-gaspreis-spritpreis-energieversorgung?utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fduckduckgo.com%2F
Consumer prices are gradually decreasing since the turn off on April 15, the stock price was lower for a while and now rose because of gas. This is the main driving factor.
I remember reading they were shutting down nuclear power nationwide however many years ago and thinking that was a big mistake. Yes nuclear currently produces a lot of waste material that we have to store, but it’s still one of the cleanest and safest energy sources we have as a species.
An immediate google search says that the US generates 4 cubic metres of waste annually. It’s not even that much 🤷
True, though the amount produced is less of a concern than the amount of space and storage requirements necessary to make sure we don’t accidentally irradiate things we care about.
Unfortunately no numbers or sources in the article. Here is at least a source for private energy, you can see that it is close to EU average. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=File:Electricity_prices_for_household_consumers,_second_half_2022_v5.png
