In #Germany debate escalates about whether the #nuclear phase-out was justified granted its consequences for German economy that are becoming evident now. In the new turn, it is being suggested that the minister of economy Habeck was lied to by his own experts who claimed the phase-out is going to be harmless.^1
At this stage I can only reiterate that since 2011 when the plans were announced hundreds of worldwide climate experts appealed to Germany not to phase-out nuclear, which is one of the few low-carbon and dispatchable sources of energy. Climate scientist James Hansen had been calling German phase-out a “climate crime” and in 2019 hundreds of scientists wrote an open letter to German government asking to reconsider.^2
As I wrote a few years ago, the whole phase-out plan was plagued by cognitive biases, falsified data and excessive optimism about “prospective technologies of future”. The biggest blame however goes to “environmental activists” such as #WWF and #Greenpeace who were absolutely knowingly and cynically lying about both evils of nuclear and benefits of #renewables, convincing many people and pushing the government towards the current failure.^3
@kravietz whilst I partially share your critique on the phase out of nuclear power in Germany, I would like to point out that the reporting is a big nothing burger based on unfaithful reporting of the right wing news outlet Cicero (which is quite close to the AfD). Which apparently could not be bothered with checking the sources
Thanks for this correction, although I’m quite surprised that the idea of stopping the nuclear phase-out somehow gets associated in “far right” in Germany - but maybe it’s a problem with automated translation 🤔 I find it also quite funny that the defenders of the phase-out describe the Cicero documents as “disinformation” when the whole anti-nuclear campaign going on for several decades in Germany was based on thousands of outright falsehood repeated endlessly.
Well, I can to some extent approximate this as the Polish tribal war between supporters of coal (broadly associated with climate deniers and far right) and everyone else, but to be honest the Ethics Commitee, Greenpeace and Greens lied to everyone equally since 2011.
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