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Germany’s ban on nuclear is an act of self-harm

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Germany ’s Energiewende has led to sky-high energy costs and political instability for no environmental benefit.

Germany arguably had the most ambitious decarbonisation plans of any country in the past decade .

The government is out of money, but still has to pay for the continuation of the plan, which is predicted to cost 1 trillion .

Many of us have been waiting with bated breath to see whether Germany will u-turn on nuclear energy.

But for now, Scholz ’s SPD maintains that nuclear energy is too expensive.

A recent paper by Jan Emblemsvåg found that Germany has spent a whopping 696 billion on its Energiewende so far.

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