> It boggles my mind that they would turn off the cleanest, most consistent power supply that exists, now.
The end of nuclear power has been a thing in Germany for the last 20 years. Changes of the required laws were already done in 2002, Fukushima was just another data point to stick to this plan.
Most reactors were EOL anyway and the energy providers wanted to offload responsibilites (and costs) to the public.
Nuclear power only made up around 6% of the total energy consumption of Germany, so it's not that of a big deal.
What we need in Germany (now and for the last 20 years) is less bureaucracy for setting up solar systems and lots of development for public/private storage solutions.
The end of nuclear power has been a thing in Germany for the last 20 years. Changes of the required laws were already done in 2002, Fukushima was just another data point to stick to this plan.
Most reactors were EOL anyway and the energy providers wanted to offload responsibilites (and costs) to the public.
Nuclear power only made up around 6% of the total energy consumption of Germany, so it's not that of a big deal.
What we need in Germany (now and for the last 20 years) is less bureaucracy for setting up solar systems and lots of development for public/private storage solutions.
The future of energy is decentralized.