s/Germans/people everywhere/. > A disaster, say critics. Not a disaster, say others. > Nuclear power entails hardly any carbon emissions and offers consisten

s/Germans/people everywhere/. > A disaster, say critics. Not a disaster, say others. > Nuclear power entails hardly any carbon emissions and offers consistent baseload supply, unlike intermittent renewables. The opposition to nuclear power generation was not based on carbon emissions, so this is a Red Herring. > bureaucracy and bottlenecks are slowing the rollout of renewables So, that seems to be the main problem. The German government knew it was facing the deadline but neglected to prepare for it.