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Re:Nuclear power is the fastest way to slash greenhouse gas ... by hesk on Saturday April 06, 2019 @06:28PM (#19593398)
That's too simplistic. Retiring nuclear power plants has been the long term goal of the German anti-nuclear movement since the 70s. They were an important faction in the founding of the Green Party. When the Green party came into power in 1998 in a coalition government, they passed a law to retire all nuclear power plants by restricting the remaining energy output they could produce. BTW, this was done in consensus with the German nuclear industry. In 2009, a free-market/conservative coalition came into power again and they reversed course. Then Fukushima happened, a couple hundred thousand people demonstrated against nuclear power in Germany, a Green-led government won the elections in a historically conservative state, and Andrea Merkel changed her opinion.

Long story short, phasing out nuclear energy has been a long term goal and has broad support in Germany.

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Re:Nuclear power is the fastest way to slash greenhouse gas ... by netsharc on Saturday April 06, 2019 @07:16PM (#19593633)
> a Green-led government won the elections in a historically conservative state, and Andrea Merkel changed her opinion.

Chronologically was the other way around, and her "Our party now consider nuclear harmful" stance didn't change the outcome post-Fukushima. But it's typical Merkel of the time, changing her tune to whatever's politically advantageous.

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Re:Nuclear power is the fastest way to slash greenhouse gas ... by tomp on Sunday April 07, 2019 @05:10AM (#19595689)
The fact that you missed her name (it’s Angela, not Andrea) makes me doubt the veracity of the rest of your comment.
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Re:Nuclear power is the fastest way to slash greenhouse gas ... by hesk on Monday April 15, 2019 @05:30PM (#19669104)
Yeah, that was a brain fart. Not sure, who I was thinking of in the moment.
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Re:Nuclear power is the fastest way to slash greenhouse gas ... by BurningFrog on Saturday April 06, 2019 @10:22PM (#19594399)
> Then Fukushima happened, [...], and Andrea Merkel changed her opinion.

Didn't you say the same as OP, with a lot more words?

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Re:Nuclear power is the fastest way to slash greenhouse gas ... by Tomte on Sunday April 07, 2019 @04:30AM (#19595574)
No. He explained that there is a huge societal movement behind that. OP made it sound like Merkel decided on a personal whim.
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