Counterfactuals are fun, but they ignore other components of cost. Germany probably couldn't have done this politically. The decision to remove the nuclear powe

Counterfactuals are fun, but they ignore other components of cost. Germany probably couldn't have done this politically. The decision to remove the nuclear power components was a function of lack of stable single-government control and the relative power of minor green members deciding what to do. Yes, the fundamental qualities here are true. I would not personally have voted to remove the nuclear power, having it installed. But pretending there are not "layer 9" qualities and citing a $sum implies there would not have been strong opposition and probably other cost (albiet in a different scale and place)