Thursday, December 23, 2021

Turning Out The Lights In Belgium

The government of Belgium has decided to permanently shut down all its nuclear power plants:

https://www.yahoo.com/news/belgian-government-reaches-deal-nuclear-074121227.html

Meanwhile, energy prices are skyrocketing in Europe AND Russia (the EU's chief gas supplier) is continuing to be demonized. Get ready for a cold, dark winter.

Dear Belgium: Spending money to research "modular" reactors will NOT solve your impending energy crisis. Sooner or later, you're gonna realize you've totally screwed yourselves.

Update - 12/24/2021

In Holland, they're going the opposite direction, keeping their nuke plant and building two more:

https://michaelshellenberger.substack.com/p/netherlands-goes-nuclear-in-massive

Time will tell which choice was the better one.

Update - 1/1/2022

Looks like France is in trouble, too:

https://www.zerohedge.com/commodities/france-faces-power-blackouts-next-cold-snap-grid-operator-warns

And the EU still doesn't want Russian gas?

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