That's not a contradiction though. Yes, there is broad popular support for renewables and until earlier this year gas probably also had a better reputation than

That's not a contradiction though. Yes, there is broad popular support for renewables and until earlier this year gas probably also had a better reputation than it deserved, compared to coal. But culturally, especially in the Ruhr region, coal has the benefit of nostalgia whereas nuclear has always been scary. Of course nowadays most "coal" is actually lignite and there is some resistance against lignite mining destroying large swathes of the landscape whereas the industrial architecture of "black coal" mining has become a national heritage. But lignite is still benefitting from some of that "black coal" nostalgia. It's probably worth adding that these perceptions not only vary by region but also by socioeconomics and politics.