The German government plans to phase out all nuclear power plants in the country by 2020, a decision that could cost millions of euros in losses every year for the utility industries.
“A decision has been taken to shut down eight plants before the end of this year and they definitely won't be reactivated. And the remaining nine will be shut down by the end of the decade," Juergen Becker, Germany's deputy environment minister, told Reuters on Monday.
“Japan has shown that even if there is a miniscule occurrence, the residual risk is too high to justify the continuation of nuclear power.... It is better to go for other energy services in a civilized country," he said.'
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Well, by the looks of things Germany is the leading champion when it comes to matters of common sense and being civilised.
ReplyDeleteJust because some primitive greedy snakes have decided to kill us all because of the love of money, it doesn't mean that everyone has jumped on that boat.
Three cheers for common sense!