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- Nov 2, 2021
- 2 min
Thanks to 'eco' Angela Merkel, Germany is now using coal as their largest source of energy
Angela Merkel is the perfect example of how a “green” leader can cause its country to rely of the most polluting energy source available.
Decades before, Germany used to get more than 25% of its energy from nuclear plants, which produced zero CO2 emissions.
But instead of increasing zero emissions nuclear energy, Chancellor Angela Merkel announced on 30 May 2011, that Germany's 17 nuclear power stations will be shut down by 2022, in a policy reversal following Japan's Fuk
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