Dispute over AKW runtimes: The hic-hack does not do justice to the seriousness of the situation

Created: 07/27/2022, 15:45

By: Mike Schier

Mike Schier comments on the controversy over nuclear power plant runtimes.

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The CSU grumbles about the traffic light on the nuclear issue, and the Greens are shy.

These are transparent games, comments Mike Schier.

Munich - It must be extraordinary times when the politicians of a highly developed industrial country ponder for weeks whether and how long the citizens can still heat or shower.

Only for an end to (transparent) political games is the time apparently not extraordinary enough.

The CSU blames - against their better knowledge - the evil traffic lights in Berlin for everything and everyone.

And the Greens hesitate to agree to the temporary use of nuclear power plants.

This hic-hack doesn't do justice to the situation.

AKW terms: Greens want to wait for the stress test - what should come out of it?

The eco-party is gradually approaching the nuclear issue.

The clear no has long since softened, the word "stretching operation" without new fuel rods is haunted.

Now it's time to wait for the stress test.

What should come out of that other than the warning that it's going to be very, very tight and that you urgently need every buffer of gas you can get.

So why convert gas to electricity this winter?

It would now be a matter of pulling together.

Almost nobody in Germany wants a permanent nuclear power plant future.

But everyone wants warm living rooms and manufacturing companies.

Economy, companies, citizens - everyone hungers for security.

So why not come up with a pragmatic solution right away that will calm down the constant racing heart when Putin plays with the gas tap again?