<story><title>Germany aims to get 100% of energy from renewable sources by 2035</title><url>https://www.reuters.com/business/sustainable-business/germany-aims-get-100-energy-renewable-sources-by-2035-2022-02-28/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>tomschlick</author><text>Kind of insane that they started shutting down nuclear power plants earlier this year and are now more reliant on Russian gas because of it. How is that more green?&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;abcnews.go.com&amp;#x2F;International&amp;#x2F;wireStory&amp;#x2F;correction-germany-nuclear-shutdown-story-82051054&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;abcnews.go.com&amp;#x2F;International&amp;#x2F;wireStory&amp;#x2F;correction-ge...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>thow-58d4e8b</author><text>I&amp;#x27;m a supporter of nuclear, but this trope is overplayed. This winter Germany derived 5-10% of their electricity from natural gas - and even that is mostly due to cogeneration of heating, not for electricity needs. This cogeneration runs even if renewables provide a surplus. Calling Germany&amp;#x27;s electricity grid is &amp;quot;reliant on Russian gas&amp;quot; doesn&amp;#x27;t reflect reality</text></comment>
<story><title>Germany aims to get 100% of energy from renewable sources by 2035</title><url>https://www.reuters.com/business/sustainable-business/germany-aims-get-100-energy-renewable-sources-by-2035-2022-02-28/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>tomschlick</author><text>Kind of insane that they started shutting down nuclear power plants earlier this year and are now more reliant on Russian gas because of it. How is that more green?&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;abcnews.go.com&amp;#x2F;International&amp;#x2F;wireStory&amp;#x2F;correction-germany-nuclear-shutdown-story-82051054&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;abcnews.go.com&amp;#x2F;International&amp;#x2F;wireStory&amp;#x2F;correction-ge...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>lampe3</author><text>I live in Hamburg, Germany.&lt;p&gt;the reactor near Hamburg was either broken or not running for some other reasons.&lt;p&gt;Also after 40 years of nuclear plants we still have not a good answer to the waste it produces.</text></comment>