The majority of Germans want nuclear power back. But politicians don’t want to. Green party has always been against nuclear power. It’s their ideology. And the Merkel’s party who shut them down (CDU) and changed their mind now is no longer on power. German politics bas been ideological madness for the past 18 years or so…
> The majority of Germans want nuclear power back.
Not the ones I talk to. It's not like they're energy or nuclear experts, working in a security consultancy, but they're also not uneducated or unfamiliar with looking things up on the internet. Every single one of them will, when directly asked, say "yeah okay coal first but then nuclear should close too!". Not a mention of the reliance on gas (until one year ago, of course), let alone that they would say "as soon as there is enough renewable energy available, we should close nuclear". The indoctrination runs deeper than the fundamental knowledge that we should build out renewables before we can turn off things we don't like without losing the power grid.
I think AfD wants it (the local racism party), which is possibly the worst kind of advertising one could do, regardless of who's actually right.
Germany cannot rely on renewables entirely. It is not possible. You need to have coal/gas or nuclear for the base load. Gas is out and coal is harming the environment. Germany’s “greenest” day in electricity was producing more CO2 than France’s worst day in 2022.
I know that there is a decent amount of well-educated highly paid individuals in Germany that just don’t feel like facts and data for some topics. The Green party is very popular with the “rich and affluent” that “greenwash their conscience”.
Accusing the Greens of being ideology driven when they have shown to be pragmatic is a joke. Not sticking to any ideology is the reason their politicians top the popularity polls.
And wanting something back is one thing, getting something back another. If you want nuclear power back, you must build new plants - good luck, it will only take 20 years!
The Green-led BMWK explained in detail the many real hurdles that come with prolonged use of nuclear power. Strangely, I have never seen any oh-so rational nuclear power lover dissect their arguments.
The Green party is the third/fourth most “popular” party in Germany slightly ahead or en par with the AfD (https://www.wahlrecht.de/umfragen/). I will not comment on the incompetence of the Habeck (Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action). It’s cringe what he states publicly and his incompetence is beyond comprehension.
There is no “green-sustainable” alternativ to nuclear in Germany. The only alternatives are relying on coal or deindustrialisation. Not sure whether gas will be a viable option going forward.
Take a look at Berlin - the capital is a sh*t show of incompetence and failure - funnily enough they can only survive thanks to the payments from the much frowned upon states that have conservative parties in power and a positive economy…
When you have party refusing nuclear power plants out of fear from radiation and then same party agrees with extending coal mines and coal power plant, which are spitting radioactive waste around environment in uncontrolled manner from ash, then they are purely driven by anti-nuclear ideology.
