Chancellor Angela Merkel's ruling coalition declared on Monday it would shut all German's nuclear reactors by 2022, in a policy reversal drawn up in a rush after the Fukushima disaster in Japan."Highly polluting brown coal"?
The coalition, sensitive to accusations it may increase dependence on highly polluting brown coal, said it planned to cut power use by 10 percent by 2020.
"Cut power use by 10 percent"?
It doesn't take a rocket scientist to sort out the carbon footprint on this one.
I fully support this initiative and hope they can set an example for the world. Meanwhile we will remain politically paralyzed and continue to belch toxins into our air and water and get tangled up in un-winnable foreign wars to appease lobbyists.
ReplyDeleteThis is good news not only in a fuel source but, by removing any defense missile source, they are eliminating the chance of ever being a part of nuclear war. If only more countries would follow suit and do this, it would stop the threat of nuclear war as well and put pressure on those countries that strive to build weaponry for protection when it won't be needed if the world is in the process of disarming. Bravo to Germany for making this move to join the other nations that are already there.
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