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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I'd like to add that the agreement to shut down the nuclear power plants was made years in advance anyways. Shortly after Fukushima the german political parties voted for that, even the conservatives. Talks began even before that because there's never been a definitive place for the final storage of fuel rods and other waste, this is still not solved for the current waste btw.

The only thing I can really agree on, is that Germany should've been much better prepared at that point. Everyone acted like this came out of thin air and something the current parties in power decided on a whim.

Adding to this, german energy providers wouldn't even consider starting up the plants again:

https://www1.wdr.de/nachrichten/atom-kraft-laufzeit-verlaengerung-100.amp

https://www.tagesspiegel.de/wirtschaft/die-nutzung-der-kernenergie-hat-sich-erledigt-6607834.html

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago

Germany was better prepared. The plan was to use natural gas. Which was cheaply supplied by Russia. Who woulda thunk that relying on mining operations in despotic countries could be such a bad decision? Goes for Gas as well as Uranium...