What does Angela Merkel think of nuclear power now?
John ShanahanMarch 6, 2024
Here is my answer about what Angela Merkel thinks about nuclear power and Germany today.
It is based on:
- six years living in Germany in the 1960s for military service and Doctor of Engineering studies and six years in Switzerland in the 1980s working on two nuclear power plants, always working with Germans and speaking German. I learned German, Schwäbisch and Schwiizertüütsch. Colorful fun.
- 24 years of travels in Germany, including visits to engineering professors in Dresden (a capitalist) and Weimar (a communist),
- 14 years working with authors at Klimanachrichten and EIKE for content for allaboutenergy.net.
What was the Wirtschaftswunder (Economic Miracle) and Deutschlands Wohlstand (German Prosperity) is now Energiewende (Energy transition) craziness about carbon dioxide, despise for fossil fuels and fear of nuclear power. The renown of German engineering in all areas is now a putrid field of green politicians.
German citizens explain to me how wind and solar work: sometimes when the sun is not shining - the wind is blowing. They are happy to have their children become Beamter (government officials - bureaucrats) issuing building permits for new wind turbines. The German bureaucracy is more official and efficient than many others.
On the other hand, there are plenty of thinking, knowledgeable engineers, scientists and citizens in all walks of life. Many have articles on allaboutenergy.net. See 260 German articles here.
A similar situation exists in Switzerland where the Greens control the government and energy and environmental policies. One Swiss couple - two physicists - had their photos taken with their wealthy son and his private jet plane while the whole family sounded the alarm about carbon dioxide from fossil fuels. So many people love to hate fossil fuels.
Many people with common sense have faded into history and classical literature. See here.
Today, Europe and North America need complete changes of elected officials, professional bureaucrats, green billionaires, and changes in the real root of these problems, the banks and financiers that control the reins of everything. Here is one article.
We need to look at world history and the situation today from many perspectives and seek knowledge wherever it can be found.