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Re:Shutting down nuclear power could increase air pollution:... by okamiueru on Monday April 10, 2023 @07:01PM (#35518451)
> accident makes land of the size of a city uninhabitable for 1000 years

Maybe just me, but I would gladly take that risk vs the whole world becoming uninhabitable due to global warming, not to mention the possible nuclear fallout from WW3 due to global unrest.

The greatest political disappointment I've felt in recent years was when the Merkele government decided to shut down a bunch of Nuclear power-plants. It made up for it by burning coal.

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Re:Shutting down nuclear power could increase air pollution:... by deepsun on Monday April 10, 2023 @07:15PM (#35518569)
Merkele government was played by Kremlin. The previous chancellor, Gerhard Schröder actively lobbied for Russia and had(has?) seats in Russian state-owned companies.
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Re:Shutting down nuclear power could increase air pollution:... by ChuckNorris89 on Monday April 10, 2023 @07:30PM (#35518704)
>Merkele government was played by Kremlin.

She (and Schroeder) wasn't some puppet put there by Putin, the German people voted for her, several times over actually. It's their fault and their responsibility for the choices they made. That's how democracy works.

Next time choose your leaders more wisely, but sadly, I feel like no lessons have been learned in Germany and the voters will double down on their flawed ideology over reality.

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Re:Shutting down nuclear power could increase air pollution:... by c4mpute on Tuesday April 11, 2023 @06:15AM (#35523037)
Also, there is no choice in political parties with those issues. After Merkel went back on her promise to strengthen nuclear and changed her mind, there was no party left supporting nuclear power in Germany. The only option one has there is to vote for the far-right AfD (10-15%, shunned by all coalitions, so basically a wasted vote if not >40%) or the capitalist-liberal FDP (5-10%, currently part of the coalition in power, but too small to make a difference).

So no matter what you vote for, it won't change anything.

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Re:Shutting down nuclear power could increase air pollution:... by deepsun on Tuesday April 11, 2023 @01:19PM (#35528159)
Do Germans vote for measures/provisions? In US voting for positions is only half, if not less, of the total ballot. The most interesting part is measures and provisions. BUT, it's only state and municipal provisions, there's no voting for nation-wide issues.

The only country I know where there's a way to vote for particular issues is Switzerland.

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Re:Shutting down nuclear power could increase air pollution:... by natmaka on Tuesday April 11, 2023 @01:28AM (#35521193)
In 2010 ((...)) Angela Merkel ((...)) decreed a 12-year delay of the schedule ((of nuclear phase-out))

Then Fukushima happened.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_in_Germany#Closu...

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Re:Shutting down nuclear power could increase air pollution:... by Schroedingersat on Tuesday April 11, 2023 @12:25AM (#35520818)
They replaced all the nuclear with renewables (in spite of that same government sabotaging the rollout), and the hydro shortfall.

The coal replaced the gas and french nuclear.

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