Germany be like - let's do exactly opposite of what makes sense in today's world Green party is really ruining and I'm amazed people still give them votes
Germany Quits Nuclear Power, Ending a Decades-Long Struggle
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Re: Germany Quits Nuclear Power, Ending a Decades-Long Struggle
#22This is one of the stupidest things any country has voluntarily done.
Re: Germany Quits Nuclear Power, Ending a Decades-Long Struggle
#23This is one of the stupidest things any country has voluntarily done.
Re: Germany Quits Nuclear Power, Ending a Decades-Long Struggle
#24Don't forget that this is complety against current public sentiment in germany: https://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/germany-sees-ti...
Re: Germany Quits Nuclear Power, Ending a Decades-Long Struggle
#25Germany be like - let's do exactly opposite of what makes sense in today's world Green party is really ruining and I'm amazed people still give them votes
This was not decided by the greens only. From the article: > Yet the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan in 2011 caused German sentiments to shift strongly against atomic energy once more, and Ms. Merkel abruptly reversed course. Her government passed a law to phase out Germany’s 17 nuclear reactors by the end of 2022. Similarly in the neighbouring Austria, nuclear power is prohibited in the constitution, not by a po…
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#26Germany be like - let's do exactly opposite of what makes sense in today's world Green party is really ruining and I'm amazed people still give them votes
This was not decided by the greens only. From the article: > Yet the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan in 2011 caused German sentiments to shift strongly against atomic energy once more, and Ms. Merkel abruptly reversed course. Her government passed a law to phase out Germany’s 17 nuclear reactors by the end of 2022. Similarly in the neighbouring Austria, nuclear power is prohibited in the constitution, not by a po…
Which is funny, because we actually built a pretty much complete nuclear power plant, Zwentendorf. It‘s now a unique museum.
A vote of just 50.47 % ruined our radiant future...
Also we do have one research reactor left right in the city. I was blessed enough to visit it once.
Re: Germany Quits Nuclear Power, Ending a Decades-Long Struggle
#27Earlier quoted context omitted.
Unfortunately popular sentiment doesn't equate to scientific fact. Nuclear power is cleaner, safer and less environmentally damaging than fossil fuels in every way. Still, since when have politicians ever let facts get in the way of campaigning for power?
"Nuclear power is cleaner [..] than fossil fuels in every way." Actually not every way though.. nuclear waste has to go somewhere.
Re: Germany Quits Nuclear Power, Ending a Decades-Long Struggle
#28Earlier quoted context omitted.
Unfortunately popular sentiment doesn't equate to scientific fact. Nuclear power is cleaner, safer and less environmentally damaging than fossil fuels in every way. Still, since when have politicians ever let facts get in the way of campaigning for power?
"Nuclear power is cleaner [..] than fossil fuels in every way." Actually not every way though.. nuclear waste has to go somewhere.
I don't understand your argument; of course waste must go somewhere. Nuclear power, with its waste, is still cleaner than fossil fuels in every way.
Re: Germany Quits Nuclear Power, Ending a Decades-Long Struggle
#29Earlier quoted context omitted.
Unfortunately popular sentiment doesn't equate to scientific fact. Nuclear power is cleaner, safer and less environmentally damaging than fossil fuels in every way. Still, since when have politicians ever let facts get in the way of campaigning for power?
We are not choosing between nuclear and fossils - we have chosen renewables. Clarification: I'm not German. I'm talking globally and long term. What's happening right now in Germany is just a blip. The big picture: > Clean power growth is likely to exceed electricity demand growth in 2023; this would be the first year for this to happen outside of a recession. With average growth in electricity demand and clean power…
Re: Germany Quits Nuclear Power, Ending a Decades-Long Struggle
#30This will result in 15 MT more CO2 emissions per year https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/15-millionen-tonnen-mehr-co2-...