Germany's soapbox against nuclear power made of coal.

[a completely inoffensive name]

After Fukushima, Germany decided that nuclear power was "too dangerous" and presents all sorts of problems to the environment (completely false but thats not what this is about). So they shut down their nuclear power plants to show their commitment to renewable energy... except no one ever told them that renewables are not the greatest at supporting base load power. So how did the Germans try to keep the power going without losing face? By building dirty coal plants and not telling anyone!

http://www.dw.de/german-region-backs...ive/a-17680488

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-0...-iwr-says.html

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/n...or-brown-coal/

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/...93P0PI20130426

Of course, the drive for more expensive renewables is still ongoing despite Berlin having one of the most expensive electricity prices in all of Europe. All this just so they can say "we don't use a form of power that is inexpensive to produce and is proven to work for decades in our next door neighbor".