> Which dropped from 55% of electricity from coal in 1990 to 23% today. From 400 million tons to 130 tons.

And how much lower would have it been if they had chosen to keep their existing nuclear and reduce/retire their coal and/or gas? Certainly if they did not want to build new nuclear that's one thing, but they chose to keep the emitting stuff, which was really stupid IMHO.

Even now it'd be viable to re-start some of Germany's nuclear if they really wanted to reduce emissions:

* https://www.radiantenergygroup.com/reports/restarting-german...

* PDF: https://www.radiantenergygroup.com/_files/ugd/ae75b7_bc5db59...

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bryanlarsen a day ago | parent [-]

None? In 1990 those power plants were online and yet 55% of electricity was from coal.

	▲	throw0101d a day ago \| parent [-]
		What was the European grid mix in 1990? What were German energy imports/exports in that time frame? I would hazard to guess that the larger context of energy has changed quite a bit in the EU in the last few decades. Germany coal is not estimated to be eliminated for another 5-6 years: * https://www.cleanenergywire.org/news/germanys-coal-exit-quie... How many gigawatts of coal generation could have been shutdown already if nuclear was still generating its gigawatts?