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💙🩷💜 Brett [he/him/any]@brettm@swarm.coiloptic.org (2026-07-21 15:52:22)
Germany had a strong green/peace activist political side a long time before many other western countries. So their policies developed at the height of the cold war when nuclear power was very tied to nuclear weapons, so German Green Party always campaigned on getting rid of them. By the time Greens got enough power to force the closing of the nuclear power stations, the world had somewhat moved on and the newer plants were less dangerious than in the past. Though important to note every single generation of nuclear
power plant was "totally safe, not like the older generations" including Fukishima lol. Germany could easily transition to 100% clean power without nuclear (the rest of the Green Party plan), but other factors got in the way, eg not wanting to import solar-generated energy from Spain or Moroco, big energy companies wanting to keep their fat bonuses and dividends etc. Nuclear is the most expensive form of energy btw, don't listen to me and especially don't listen to anyone pro-nuclear, listen to the French nuclear power commision, the Australian energy market operator, and (especially) to Lazard Bank in NYC who do the most detailed report on the cost of various types of electricty generation.



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lynn@lynn@smol.ch (2026-07-21 15:54:23)
@brettm why is everyone saying the greens did this when it was merkel and the CDU.

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💙🩷💜 Brett [he/him/any]@brettm@swarm.coiloptic.org (2026-07-21 16:09:30)
i was under the impression it was a deal the greens did with one of the big parties "get rid of nuclear mofos or we will not support you in bundestag"

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lynn@lynn@smol.ch (2026-07-21 15:56:28)
@brettm also another important part is that germany just hasn't transitioned to 100% clean energy. so it doesn't really matter if it could, they still cut a large source of non-fossil fuel energy with no backup plan. i have trouble believing this was all 'for the good' and a net positive when we still burn coal and lignite in germany.