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That's the problem with energy policy and most large industries these days. There's enough money in the market, so you can find a supporting study for every arg

• lispm 8y ago
  > That's the problem with energy policy and most large industries these days. There's enough money in the market, so you can find a supporting study for every argument you want to make. That was always the case. It's nothing new. That means also that each change is difficult, because there are established players who are defending their business. In nuclear power industries we have seen that, because it tends to create very large industrial conglomerates who are heavily interlinked with government. There we see then easily an abuse of that power. A part of the Energiewende is about opening up closed energy markets which were shared with only a handful of (often state owned) companies, make it accessible for new providers, create competition and decentralize it.