Summary

A new Innofact poll shows 55% of Germans support returning to nuclear power, a divisive issue influencing coalition talks between the CDU/CSU and SPD.

While 36% oppose the shift, support is strongest among men and in southern and eastern Germany.

About 22% favor restarting recently closed reactors; 32% support building new ones.

Despite nuclear support, 57% still back investment in renewables. The CDU/CSU is exploring feasibility, but the SPD and Greens remain firmly against reversing the nuclear phase-out, citing stability and past policy shifts.

  • chaogomu@lemmy.world
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    18 days ago

    2040 huh?

    My prediction is a record number of new plants going online in 2040.

    Especially as there are literal factories being built to specifically crank out Small Modular Reactors.

    We’re looking at a future where every small town can have their own reactor, providing enough power for that town but not large enough to ever melt down.

    • gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de
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      18 days ago

      i suppose you’re also thinking that’s because we need steady output?

      which is a fallacy; we had constant generation in the past so consumption adapted and became constant; consumption would not naturally be constant, it would be higher in the daytime.