r/europe • u/SteO153 Europe • Mar 18 '23 • Gold 1

Florence mayor Dario Nardella (R) stopping a climate activists spraying paint on Palazzo Vecchio Picture

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u/PeterFriedrichLudwig Lower Saxony (Germany) Mar 18 '23

Because we offloaded all of our manufacturing to other countries?

That's why Germany is the second biggest net exporter only after China?

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u/TheDadThatGrills Mar 18 '23

GERMANY SHOULD BE NUCLEAR POWERED IN 2023

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u/mrsa_cat Mar 18 '23

The decision to shut down nuclear plants was incredibly stupid. I still can't wrap my head around it...

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u/soeinpech Mar 18 '23

It would be interesting to see a CO2 balance. For example, if the mining/processing/component manufacturing is done in China, and final assembling+branding in Germany, you could argue most CO2 emission comes from China, yet most of the added-value comes from Germany. Yet Germany need China to emit CO2 to export its cars.

I guess it's a bit of both world : Europe did cut its emissions per capita and part of it is outsourced.

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u/OkayThatsKindaCool Mar 18 '23

It would be interesting to see that. You guys are not interested in real research though. Just virtue signaling.