@jeffw@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 month agoWhy Germany ditched nuclear before coal—and why it won’t go backarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square206fedilinkarrow-up1248arrow-down119
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minus-square@realitistalinkEnglish64•1 month agoIMO a lot of this had to do with Schroeder’s and Merkel’s connections with Russia and running the country’s manufacturing base on cheap gas and oil.
minus-square@Cryophilia@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish2•1 month agoIt was also a geopolitical attempt to get some economic leverage on Russia iirc. Obviously massively backfired when it turns out tyrants are willing to sacrifice profit for power.
IMO a lot of this had to do with Schroeder’s and Merkel’s connections with Russia and running the country’s manufacturing base on cheap gas and oil.
It was also a geopolitical attempt to get some economic leverage on Russia iirc. Obviously massively backfired when it turns out tyrants are willing to sacrifice profit for power.