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No way with the Green Party part of gov. They've literately started out with "Atomkraft - Nein danke" stickers in late 1970s. Mostly seen on cars, then and toda

• _Microft 5y ago
  You have to understand the context that the anti-nuclear movement came from. First, nuclear weapons had been demonstrated as devastating by killing tens of thousands in Japan. Then the superpowers engaged in a nuclear arms race. A small town in Germany's Hesse was even assigned coordinates 0/0 in NATO maps because it was expected to be nuclear ground zero in case of a push of the Soviets through the Fulda Gap. Add Chernobyl to the mix that showed that even civil use of nuclear power can be dangerous and you get a universal, blanket rejection of all things nuclear. It's really not surprising. Rejection of nuclear power plants might not make a lot of sense nowadays in a stable and developed country like Germany but it is understandable once you look at the history.
• rsj_hn 5y ago
  And this is why Germany has increased its coal use - Germany hates nuclear more than coal. When that changes, and someone is adult enough to realize that tough trade offs have to be made rather than relying on finger-wagging austerity, then Germany will migrate out of coal. My bet is that we'll get more scolding, hand-wringing, and continued coal use well into the 2040s if not beyond.