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German Nuclear: Green is good Politics

German Nuclear: Green is good Politics / William C. Ramsay, IFRI Edito Energie, 26 mai 2011

http://www.ifri.org/?page=detail-contribution&id=6619

In polarized politics, the voter must take on faith the wisdom inherent in the principled political position.  Who cannot be impressed by the nuclear catastrophe at Fukushima, especially after living through the fallout from Chernobyl?  But is it reasonable to send the voter to the booth with only half the information?  Does the German voter have any idea what it means to shut down its nuclear power in just ten years?  Have German politicians made any effort to tell them?  Nuclear plants supply 25% of German electricity with virtually no carbon footprint and with a minimum exposure to foreign suppliers of nuclear fuel cycle services unlike the German vulnerability to disruptions in oil and more recently gas supplies…


OpenEdition vous propose de citer ce billet de la manière suivante :
Danièle Revel (27 mai 2011). German Nuclear: Green is good Politics. Veille énergie climat. Consulté le 18 février 2025 à l’adresse https://doi.org/10.58079/o8xx


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