There seems to be growing support for keeping Germany’s last nuclear power plants running. The finance minister recently announced support for such a plan.
https://www.dw.com/en/germanys-lindner-repitches-nuclear-to-…
German Finance Minister Christian Lindner on Sunday called for a halt to electricity production using gas after Russia again cut supplies to Europe.
And…
Lindner … again called for German nuclear plants to remain in service until 2024, saying they were “safe and climate-friendly.”
But the Greens are still adamantly opposed to such an idea…
The comments put Lindner into conflict with another of the FDP’s ruling coalition partners, the environmentally-friendly Greens Party.
Green’s co-leader Ricarda Lang insisted that a return to nuclear power “will definitely not happen with us.”
If they stop using natural gas for electricity generation, as Lindner suggests, that would allow other industries and the public to have more gas available for other purposes (like cooking and heating and chemicals manufacture).
- Pete