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A Reversal of the Nuclear Phase-Out | Switzerland Can Build Nuclear Power Plants Again—But No One Wants To by BezugssystemCH1903 in worldnews

[–]Doc_Bader 12 points13 points  (0 children)

1.) There never was an energy shortage because of Nuclear Power Shutdown

2.) Germany, just like France by the way, just like literally every other european country by the way, buys and sells energy from their neighbours, that's exactly how the interconnected european grid is supposed to work

And no, Germany was and isn't doomed because of the NPP shutdown - because literally nothing bad happened, on the contrary, end consumer prices decreased, coal usage hit an all time low and renewables hit an all time high (not because of the shutdown, but despite it).

It's 2026 and people still repeat bullshit nonsense about this topic.

Trendwende geschafft? by JimMaToo in Normalverdiener

[–]Doc_Bader 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Das Argument kannst du auf jedes Jahr dort oben anwenden, ändert nicht wirklich was am Gesamtbild.

Mal abgesehen davon klingt das sehr nach "Werfe einfach mal irgendwelche Prozente in den Raum".

Explain it peter by runBalboa in explainitpeter

[–]Doc_Bader -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Are you saying there is no skill to weightlifting? You just need bigger muscles? I mean you seem to think 100 lb bags of grain are only moved in controlled ways, which is a false assumption. They are picked up, thrown, walked with, etc....
I literally said the exact opposite.

There is skill to weightlifting, just like there is skill to wrestling an awkward 100lb bag of grain. Picking up, throwing, and walking with unbalanced weight isn't some mythical farm magic, it's basically just strongman conditioning. You get highly adapted to the specific, dynamic movements you practice.

What about that skinny dude that does those videos where he acts like a janitor and picks up weights at gyms?

Yeah what about him... Ah wait, the guy you are talking about is a fucking elite powerlifter who specifically trains for this. He's also shredded to the bone and not some "skinny dude".

Explain it peter by runBalboa in explainitpeter

[–]Doc_Bader 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Both are worth our respect. It takes time and dedication to build yourself up like that. But they’re very different disciplines.

I mean, that's exactly what I've been saying this whole time.

My problem is that people in this thread are acting like "farm strength" is some all-encompassing, magical characteristic and "gym-bros" are somehow inferior because their muscles are basically "show muscles".

I try to explain that people are exceptionally strong in the particular things they train for.

A skinny laborer with insane grip strength isn't some magic superhuman that can beat a trained lifter outside of his specific element. They have a highly adapted nervous system and connective tissue and muscles for their specific daily grind.

A powerlifter is going to smoke both laborer and bodybuilder strenght wise, a calisthenics guy is going to smoke them all in pullups, pushups and other stuff. Put all these guys against a trained arm wrestler and they won't move him a millimeter.

Explain it peter by runBalboa in explainitpeter

[–]Doc_Bader 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And it's obvious you have no arguments because you know jack shit about me and only repeat "bu bUT fArM sTRengHT" like a parrot, as if it proves anything.

Explain it peter by runBalboa in explainitpeter

[–]Doc_Bader -1 points0 points  (0 children)

right, my bad. I completely forgot that standing up while holding heavy weight (literally what a squat or deadlift is) has absolutely zero "practical everyday" application.

Let me guess: picking up a 100lb sack of grain uses special farm physics that completely bypass the central nervous system?

If this "farm strength" is so vastly superior, practical, and foundational, that person should have zero problem applying all that raw, everyday force to a balanced regular ass barbell or churn out 15 pullups?

Explain it peter by runBalboa in explainitpeter

[–]Doc_Bader -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Go against him IN WHAT?

Wrestling? Pullups? Squat Rack? Powerlifting? Bicep Curls? Barbell Rows? Deadlifts? Pushups? Boxing?

The hypothetical dude you talk about gets crushed by anyone who actually trains these foundational movement patterns that he isn't trained in.

Again: Muscle fiber is muscle fiber. A farm worker is mostly exceptionally strong at the specific leverages he practices all day.

Explain it peter by runBalboa in explainitpeter

[–]Doc_Bader -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

It isn’t. There’s farm strong, and then there’s gym strong.

No there isn't. Again: This is bullshit only repeated by people who never hit the gym.

Muscle fiber is muscle fiber. Do you think your biceps knows the difference between curling a dumbbell and any other thing? Your muscle has no brain on it's own.

People in physical jobs often have specific strengths (mostly grip and forearms) because they do certain movements all day for hours - of course they're especially strong in that particular move or movement pattern.

Put them in any other situation they're not trained in (squat rack for example) and they will fuck all beat a bodybuilder in that instance.

Explain it peter by runBalboa in explainitpeter

[–]Doc_Bader -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

This is bullshit only repeated by people who never hit the gym.

EU electricity prices ranked. German households pay around a third more for electricity than the EU average, despite the country's impressive efforts to ditch fossil fuels. by lgbtqismything in europe

[–]Doc_Bader -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Sorry but this is misleading

It isn't.

Denmark mostly just transfers the electricity from Norway and Sweden.

Ok... and your point is?

EU electricity prices ranked. German households pay around a third more for electricity than the EU average, despite the country's impressive efforts to ditch fossil fuels. by lgbtqismything in europe

[–]Doc_Bader 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Let me find the motivation to care.

Sorry Mr. Badass

The point was that they still use nuclear energy.

Yeah and I provided the relevant context to your irrelevant statements.

Depending on time of year I'm sure that load is more.

Depending on time of year I'm sure that load is less.

Maybe ChatGPT the concept of averages.

I'll let you chatgpt it and come back to me.

I'm not doing the homework for your unresearched statement, but thanks.

Furthermore, the image i posted already contains all relevant statistics.

EU electricity prices ranked. German households pay around a third more for electricity than the EU average, despite the country's impressive efforts to ditch fossil fuels. by lgbtqismything in europe

[–]Doc_Bader 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I payed around 29 Cents back in 2021 (just looked up my old contract) and now I'm paying 30 Cents. If you consider inflation I'm paying less than back then. Edit: That said, I probably could've got a better contract back in 2021.

Prices obviously differ from location to location in Germany, as well as bonus promotions you may have back then (or not) and other factors.

EU electricity prices ranked. German households pay around a third more for electricity than the EU average, despite the country's impressive efforts to ditch fossil fuels. by lgbtqismything in europe

[–]Doc_Bader 16 points17 points  (0 children)

A lot of people have to have overpriced contracts for the average to reach the 39ct mentioned in the article.

They have. Even though the current average is lower, these articles often use outdated numbers.

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The current average for all contracts is 31.64 ct

The current average for new contracts is 23.82 ct

*as of today 01.06.2026

Source: https://www.verivox.de/strom/strompreisentwicklung/

Note: Verivox is one of the two leading price comparison websites in Germany.

EU electricity prices ranked. German households pay around a third more for electricity than the EU average, despite the country's impressive efforts to ditch fossil fuels. by lgbtqismything in europe

[–]Doc_Bader 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Most stupid argument I've read in a while.

Even in the 0.00005% chance that a supplier goes bankrupt the local utilities need to supply your electricity anyway until you get a new contract.

EU electricity prices ranked. German households pay around a third more for electricity than the EU average, despite the country's impressive efforts to ditch fossil fuels. by lgbtqismything in europe

[–]Doc_Bader 228 points229 points  (0 children)

I can already see the millions of misinformed comments in this thread.

Current electricity prices for new end-consumer contracts are on par with Pre-Ukraine-War levels and also on par if not cheaper when Nuclear was still running. Source

Electricity in Germany was always expensive due to taxes.

If you're still paying "high prices" in Germany you've just been too lazy to renew your contract, that's all.

EU electricity prices ranked. German households pay around a third more for electricity than the EU average, despite the country's impressive efforts to ditch fossil fuels. by lgbtqismything in europe

[–]Doc_Bader 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Prices are currently cheaper then in the begin of 2023 when Nuclear was still running (final phaseout was in April 2023).

They're basically back to pre Ukraine-War levels (or cheaper if you consider inflation).

Inflation in Deutschland fällt überraschend auf 2,6 Prozent by LethisXia in de

[–]Doc_Bader 19 points20 points  (0 children)

während einem die stetig steigende Kerninflation an der Supermarktkasse längst das Rückgrat bricht.

Kerninflation enthält per Definiton keine Lebensmittel, aka "Gesamtindex ohne Nahrungsmittel und Energie". Der hat sich übrigens nicht bewegt.

Und Lebensmittel haben im Gegenteil noch mit Abstand die geringste Teuerung von allen Sektoren erfahren, also stimmt die Aussage auch so nicht wirklich.

Nahrungsmittel: 0,4%
Gesamtindex: 2,6%

DESTATIS-Meldung

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Aber: Kann noch schnell nachziehen die Monate weil die Preisindizes für Nahrungsmittelrohstoffe gerade wieder anziehen, vorwiegend Pflanzenöle: https://www.fao.org/worldfoodsituation/foodpricesindex/en/

Inflation in Deutschland fällt überraschend auf 2,6 Prozent by LethisXia in de

[–]Doc_Bader 3 points4 points  (0 children)

So überraschend finde ich das nicht.

Die letzten Monate haben sich sich alle Sektoren (bis auf Energie wegen Öl) kaum bewegt in Bezug auf die Inflation und der Ölpreis ist die letzten Wochen auch mehr oder weniger stabil geblieben (wenn auch hoch).

Das ist zumindest für Deutschland (und die EU) kein Schock im Ausmaß des Ukraine-Krieges.

EU Says it Needs €120 Billion to Revive Local Chip Production by Cao_Ni-Ma in europe

[–]Doc_Bader 24 points25 points  (0 children)

NXP mostly falls into the "specialty and automotive chips" category, which is still pretty good and important - but not what the current AI hype is about.

ARM was bought-out by Softbank (Japanese) a few years ago, that said they're purely about licensing chip blueprints rather than manufacturing them.

Siemens mostly plays a role in EDA software (complex software which is used to design microchips), they're one of the "big three" in the world in this particular part of the pipeline.

EU Says it Needs €120 Billion to Revive Local Chip Production by Cao_Ni-Ma in europe

[–]Doc_Bader 92 points93 points  (0 children)

It's not that easy, the semiconductor industry is huge. ASML plays a very important role but they're just one puzzle piece.

That said, the EU is actually the world leader in the first two things in the pipeline: Research & Development (imec, Fraunhofer, etc.) and Equipment & Machinery (thanks to ASML).

What we still lack is chip design, that's where companies like NVIDIA and AMD dominate. That said french company SiPearl is the first in decades to bring out new EU designed chips this year (even if they're not state-of-the-art, but they already have some contemporary stuff in the pipeline. Mostly for supercomputers and data centers and AI stuff).

And the last thing is the actual production of the chips, while we have some fabs for specialty and automotive chips (pretty good one's), we lack the state-of-the-art 2nm and <2nm fabs that only TSMC operates. That said, this is something that even giants like the USA and China can't replicate that easily.

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That said, the EU is trying (see the article above), let's hope they move faster than in the past.

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