Decades of fear spread by the Greens (Bündnis 90/Die Grünen) and the media have made any argument in favor of nuclear power a waste of time in Germany. It's really sad that the party which stands for climate protection and the environment is the main culprit for shutting down nuclear power in Germany, thereby keeping coal power running for now.
To single out the only party in Germany that opposed NS2, that wanted to get away from Russian gas when 90% of Germans were against that, that wanted to supply Ukraine with weapons - all prior to the Ukraine invasion - and to pretend that they are in bed with Russians only shows how fucking clueless you are.
To be fair, the Greens were the only party to oppose Nord Stream 2. However, they did support (and where in power togehter with the SPD) the construction of Nord Stream 1, which was already part of the Energiewende plan, as cheap gas was (and still is) required for it.
Sure, Russia that exports nuclear power plants and processes 50% of the world's uranium wants to get others' off of nuclear energy, when it's the energy source they have the tightest grip on.
> Well, we still don't even have a solution for nuclear waste.
We do. The requirement for hugely complex disposal sites is mostly a political one. There's very little long-term hazardous waste that we need to take care of, and we already know how to store it for a very long time.
Also, how many nuclear waste death do we have per year? How much do we pay for it's current storage? How does it change the climate? How much nuclear waste is there even? There is no nuclear waste problem. It's FUD.
The US did not force Russia to attack Ukraine. Attempting to blame the US for Putin's actions is an impressively wild take.
Russia has alternated between being an unreliable partner and an explicit enemy of Europe depending on the whims of whichever dictator currently runs it for a long time.
Germany lost out on the Nord Streams because they were stupid enough to base their energy policy on a country run by a bunch of thugs and criminals.
>Decades of fear spread by the Greens (Bündnis 90/Die Grünen) and the media have made any argument in favor of nuclear power a waste of time
Actually it's exclusively cost that made it a waste of time. The (quite valid) safety concerns are just a cherry on top of the staggering cost.
As it is sophisticated private insurers view it as too risky which is why the taxpayer has to step up to lavish the industry with free insurance against $800 billion Fukushima type events: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Price-Anderson_Nuclear_Industr...
Even before that the LCOE is 5x solar and wind. No, the reduced storage requirement doesn't bring 5x down to 1x. Not even close.
