3 ms·
> The majority of Germans want nuclear power back. Not the ones I talk to. It's not like they're energy or nuclear experts, working in a security consultancy,
by lucb1e 4y ago
> The majority of Germans want nuclear power back.
Not the ones I talk to. It's not like they're energy or nuclear experts, working in a security consultancy, but they're also not uneducated or unfamiliar with looking things up on the internet. Every single one of them will, when directly asked, say "yeah okay coal first but then nuclear should close too!". Not a mention of the reliance on gas (until one year ago, of course), let alone that they would say "as soon as there is enough renewable energy available, we should close nuclear". The indoctrination runs deeper than the fundamental knowledge that we should build out renewables before we can turn off things we don't like without losing the power grid.
I think AfD wants it (the local racism party), which is possibly the worst kind of advertising one could do, regardless of who's actually right.
- looping__lui 4y agoGermany cannot rely on renewables entirely. It is not possible. You need to have coal/gas or nuclear for the base load. Gas is out and coal is harming the environment. Germany’s “greenest” day in electricity was producing more CO2 than France’s worst day in 2022. I know that there is a decent amount of well-educated highly paid individuals in Germany that just don’t feel like facts and data for some topics. The Green party is very popular with the “rich and affluent” that “greenwash their conscience”. Majority is pro nuclear for a while now: https://www.rnd.de/politik/atomkraft-in-deutschland-lautzeit https://www.rnd.de/politik/atomkraft-in-deutschland-lautzeit... https://www.spiegel.de/panorama/atom-umfrage-41-prozent-der- https://www.spiegel.de/panorama/atom-umfrage-41-prozent-der-... https://www.tech-for-future.de/atomkraft-umfrage/ https://www.tech-for-future.de/atomkraft-umfrage/