tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2027082985502222875.post217801876293033664..comments2011-06-07T10:47:58.608-03:00Comments on Global Security Monitor: #Middle East and #Latin America Heat Up, #Spain Turns RightWinn Trivette IIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09649073629542590729noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2027082985502222875.post-42610328832138465632011-06-07T10:47:58.608-03:002011-06-07T10:47:58.608-03:00"More energy will have to be pumped in from F..."More energy will have to be pumped in from France and Poland at an added cost to German consumers."<br /><br />This is misleading.<br /><br />Germany is a net electricity exporter (about 5% surplus).<br />The shutdown of nuclear power plants will likely not even suffice to change this, for there's a significant growth of alternative production capacity. <br /><br />The shortage scenarios are merely about peak demand hours at times with little wind.<br /><br /><br />The backlash to the final(?) end for nuclear power in Germany is one of the few major fear-mongering episodes in German politics.S Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03359796414832859686noreply@blogger.com