Comment by zwieback

It's an emotional thing. The German Green party founding ideology was built around stopping nuclear power ("Atomkraft nein danke!"). I remember having discussions about the logic back in the 80s with my German compatriots. All these years later the generation that were school kids then are now in power and renewable energy expansion creates the illusion that turning off nuclear power plants now is a good idea. Personally I'd like to see nuclear power be a part of a stable baseline for a few more decades.