Scandal in Germany over withdrawal from nuclear program
2023.01.03 13:33
Scandal in Germany over withdrawal from nuclear program
Budrigannews.com – A disagreement within the coalition led by Chancellor Olaf Scholz was rekindled when Germany’s transport minister called for an expert committee to determine whether the country’s nuclear plants should have a longer lifespan.
Germany’s hurry to liberate itself from imported Russian fills after Moscow’s intrusion of Ukraine prodded requires the country’s three leftover atomic plants to be kept open instead of closed toward the finish of 2022.
By directing that all three continue to operate until April, Social Democrat Scholz attempted to quell a dispute between the environmentalist Greens, who are vocal supporters of an end to nuclear power.
However, in an interview with the Frankfurter Allgemeine, Free Democrat Transport Minister Volker Wissing stated that the environmental benefits of electric cars would be diminished unless they were charged using nuclear energy, which is free of emissions.
In a Monday evening interview, he stated to the newspaper, “We need an expert answer to the question of how we can ensure we have stable and affordable energy supplies while also achieving our climate protection goals.”
Germany may be forced to rely more on coal, which is more polluting than gas, than planned during the transition to renewable energy, according to opponents of the nuclear exit.
In a coalition dominated by two center-left parties, the pro-business liberals, lone center-right figures, are languishing in the polls and have lost regional elections. They hope that a relaunch will be possible at the party conference in January.
The Greens strongly oppose reintroducing Germany’s nuclear exit, which was implemented in response to the Fukushima nuclear plant disaster in Japan in 2011. The policy’s proponents contend that expanding renewable energy sources can accomplish more and that an extension would be costly.
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