They realised it quite late but this should serve as a warning to those “greens” who hate nuclear power more than coal and Putin’s gas.
The_Frostweaver on
Nuclear energy is better than coal.
And with USA threatening to leave NATO Germany should be considering producing it’s own nuclear weapons too.
Russia and China only respect strength.
TheGoalkeeper on
The exit would have been much smoother and cheaper if it wasn’t for his own party.
BalticBrew on
Cue the Germans coming to defend Merkel’s policies, despite them failing on all fronts and setting Europe back decades.
RevolutionBusiness27 on
I wonder how much of Germany’s nuclear technology was in its heyday
Dapper_Pepper_367 on
Only reason it was a mistake is that there are many people who profit from non green energy and they are lobbying and paying big money so no one uses renewable energy, if the same money was used into green energy and no one would be sabotaging it we would already have it better and we wouldn’t depend on Russia and america
Fastluck83 on
Yeah, time to admit mistakes.
I was also in favour of phasing out nuclear power when we weren’t (de-facto) at war with the country that was expected to provide us with enough cheap pipeline-gas to make the transition to renewables affordable, and the other country that could supply LNG to Germany could still be called an ally.
Under these current circumstances it was a huge mistake but hindsight is 20/20.
For context, I grew up right next to the Grohnde NPP, so when I say that it was a mistake to shut it down, it’s not some NIMBY stuff where I expect other regions to live with the threat of a meltdown. It directly affected me and it still was a mistake, period.
SteakHausMann on
What was a mistake was his party sabotaging the transition multiple times
Alimbiquated on
I think “claims” would be a better verb than “adm
BaronOfTheVoid on
“admits”
r/europe getting a boner over that wording
It’s still wrong anyway
CrownsEnd on
The problem is, Merz doesnt have a clue about anything and this is just another of these topics.
thinkingtitan on
We need an EU wide nuclear strategy.
JerkingSpine on
So nobody is going to talk about the fact that nuclear energy is still the most expensive one per kwh and makes us again dependent on Uran ore which Russia is providing for the biggest share?
Achim-August on
And who the hell want the nuclear waste storage next to his House? I am Open to pay the Double price but dont want a nuclear catastrophic near by.
KasreynGyre on
Framing it as “admitting” suggests that it is true. It’s not.
The mistake is not quitting nuclear. The mistake was not levelling up green energy production to compensate.
Quitting beer and then dying of thirst is not a problem of quitting alcohol, but of not drinking enough water.
JaZoray on
the only mistake was not doing it sooner
mdcundee on
Bold claim from someone who’s most likely a strategic mistake as a chancellor
TTopster on
Is he even able to “admit” it, if he didn’t had to decide it? It would be a even bigger mistake to go back to nuclear now keeping in mind how much that would cost and that EON, RWE and co are decommissioning the plants for years already.
LadyAlekto on
It may have worked if they didn’t sabotage renewables for gas and coal.
But they those fat paychecks and destroyed forests really paid off.
ytmischelin on
And the next strategic mistake in energy is investing in coal and gas plants instead of massively expanding renewables. Surely CxU will make the right decision, right? Right?
thetyphonlol on
when does he admit that his own plans are even worse? or söders?
BergderZwerg on
This is very much old news from 2022-2024. Also, that (censored) stands very much alone in that feeling- the German population and industry have no intention of turning back but march boldly to regenerative energies.
You’ll fail, ruzzian monkey bots/ nuclear shills. No bananas for you.
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They realised it quite late but this should serve as a warning to those “greens” who hate nuclear power more than coal and Putin’s gas.
Nuclear energy is better than coal.
And with USA threatening to leave NATO Germany should be considering producing it’s own nuclear weapons too.
Russia and China only respect strength.
The exit would have been much smoother and cheaper if it wasn’t for his own party.
Cue the Germans coming to defend Merkel’s policies, despite them failing on all fronts and setting Europe back decades.
I wonder how much of Germany’s nuclear technology was in its heyday
Only reason it was a mistake is that there are many people who profit from non green energy and they are lobbying and paying big money so no one uses renewable energy, if the same money was used into green energy and no one would be sabotaging it we would already have it better and we wouldn’t depend on Russia and america
Yeah, time to admit mistakes.
I was also in favour of phasing out nuclear power when we weren’t (de-facto) at war with the country that was expected to provide us with enough cheap pipeline-gas to make the transition to renewables affordable, and the other country that could supply LNG to Germany could still be called an ally.
Under these current circumstances it was a huge mistake but hindsight is 20/20.
For context, I grew up right next to the Grohnde NPP, so when I say that it was a mistake to shut it down, it’s not some NIMBY stuff where I expect other regions to live with the threat of a meltdown. It directly affected me and it still was a mistake, period.
What was a mistake was his party sabotaging the transition multiple times
I think “claims” would be a better verb than “adm
“admits”
r/europe getting a boner over that wording
It’s still wrong anyway
The problem is, Merz doesnt have a clue about anything and this is just another of these topics.
We need an EU wide nuclear strategy.
So nobody is going to talk about the fact that nuclear energy is still the most expensive one per kwh and makes us again dependent on Uran ore which Russia is providing for the biggest share?
And who the hell want the nuclear waste storage next to his House? I am Open to pay the Double price but dont want a nuclear catastrophic near by.
Framing it as “admitting” suggests that it is true. It’s not.
The mistake is not quitting nuclear. The mistake was not levelling up green energy production to compensate.
Quitting beer and then dying of thirst is not a problem of quitting alcohol, but of not drinking enough water.
the only mistake was not doing it sooner
Bold claim from someone who’s most likely a strategic mistake as a chancellor
Is he even able to “admit” it, if he didn’t had to decide it? It would be a even bigger mistake to go back to nuclear now keeping in mind how much that would cost and that EON, RWE and co are decommissioning the plants for years already.
It may have worked if they didn’t sabotage renewables for gas and coal.
But they those fat paychecks and destroyed forests really paid off.
And the next strategic mistake in energy is investing in coal and gas plants instead of massively expanding renewables. Surely CxU will make the right decision, right? Right?
when does he admit that his own plans are even worse? or söders?
This is very much old news from 2022-2024. Also, that (censored) stands very much alone in that feeling- the German population and industry have no intention of turning back but march boldly to regenerative energies.
You’ll fail, ruzzian monkey bots/ nuclear shills. No bananas for you.
Okay. So fix it.
[Just gonna leave this here](https://www.cleanenergywire.org/sites/default/files/styles/gallery_image/public/paragraphs/images/fig1-installed-net-electricity-generation-capacity-germany-2002-2025.png?itok=IpZp5Xq1)
Because he has no idea. Renewable Energy is by far the fastest growing electricity source worldwide.
The US policy is to grow fossil fuels.
The worst thing is not that Germany “just” exited nuclear energy. They also sabotaged France’s nuclear energy industry in the same swoop.