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what is the situation in germany?


They're shutting down nuclear power, building an incoherent mixture of coal, solar, and wind, causing both skyrocketing electricity prices and increasing CO2.

http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/european-commissi...

http://www.economist.com/news/briefing/21569039-europes-ener...


http://spectrum.ieee.org/energy/renewables/germany-takes-the...

Basically, the nature of solar and wind power compared to the classical utility power is severely at odds if you try to shift to solar/wind too fast. It's more complicated than just comparing direct vs alternating current but it can be simplified to that.




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