Will the next German election be a referendum on nuclear energy? | 30 comments (30 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

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The scandals at the Krümmel and Brunsbüttel nuclear plants, which I am preparing a diary about, didn't really help the present CDU pro-nuke campaign... I'll have to cover that study, too (which runs contrary to other studies, but hey).

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Sun Jul 8th, 2007 at 07:34:45 AM EST

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looking forward to your diary regarding brunsbüttel. heard just today in the news that vattenfall did not report (ie, lied about) an accident when explicitly asked by the government/regulating agency/whatever authority for 5 days.

on topic, jerome is absolutely right that changing the demand side of the equation is absolutely critical. with regard to nuclear powered electricity in germany, buying ökostrom is the way to go.

by hesk on Sun Jul 8th, 2007 at 08:25:57 AM EST
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Nuclear electricity is ökostrom.

Peak oil is not an energy crisis. It is a liquid fuel crisis.

by Starvid on Sun Jul 8th, 2007 at 08:28:22 AM EST
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For a broad definition of öko.

Can the last politician to go out the revolving door please turn the lights off?

by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Mon Jul 9th, 2007 at 03:44:44 AM EST
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it may be more ecological than burning coal, but it's still not öko, in a sense that it is sustainable.

by hesk on Fri Jul 13th, 2007 at 10:01:54 PM EST
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vattenfall did not report (ie, lied about) an accident when explicitly asked by the government/regulating agency/whatever authority for 5 days.

Yes, and that was a repeat offense. I was pleased to see that this was reported even in the Teletext short versions of the news, even on private TV.

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Sun Jul 8th, 2007 at 12:05:06 PM EST
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Will the next German election be a referendum on nuclear energy? | 30 comments (30 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

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