Good question. Pressure from the Greens comes to mind. “The accident in Fukushima and the reaction by Germany's federal government coincided with the hot phase

Good question. Pressure from the Greens comes to mind. “The accident in Fukushima and the reaction by Germany's federal government coincided with the hot phase of campaigning for the important election in the rich and influential state of Baden-Württemberg on 27 March 2011, where after 58 years in power the conservative CDU was under threat by the Green Party (the Green Party won and provided the state premier for the first time in Germany).” Two things come to mind immediately after. From the Wikipedia: “Eight of the seventeen operating reactors in Germany were permanently shut down following Fukushima. Chancellor Angela Merkel said the nuclear power phase-out, previously scheduled to be completed as late as 2036, would give Germany a competitive advantage in the renewable energy era, stating, "As the first big industrialized nation, we can achieve such a transformation toward efficient and renewable energies, with all the opportunities that brings for exports, developing new technologies and jobs".” It’s 2022 and none of this happened. Electricity prices soaring right at the time when these reactors would be helpful. Only now kicking off H2 programs. Jobs are at risk as reported now daily by Handelsblatt across multiple sectors. “The nuclear electricity production was primarily replaced with coal electricity production and electricity importing. One study found that the nuclear phase-out caused $12 billion in social costs per year, primarily due to increases in mortality due to exposure to pollution from fossil fuels.[12]”. Have you heard of Hambacher Forst? That disaster is a direct result of a phase out - a real disaster caused by a knee jerk reaction to “what if”.