Whoever believes it will be saved - KS

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Whoever believes it will be saved June 22, 2022 by Andreas Pashke The mailboxes of the editors, who are responsible for the daily topic commentary from June 20th, 2022, will probably be full of letters of protest.

“A Green Minister for Economics and Climate Protection, of all people, has to ramp up additional German coal-fired power plants. Of course only for a short time, in 2030 coal should finally come to an end. Whoever believes it will be saved."

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(Figure: Screenshot ARD media library) After that, Berbner criticized the German nuclear phase-out and outlined where we could be today without the phase-out decided in 2011. That was or is obviously more important than reducing emissions.

"No major industrialized country has followed us on the wrong path of hasty phasing out of nuclear power."

This was in complete contrast to an interview in the program with Professor Andreas Loechel from the University of Bochum. He saw the German nuclear power plants as not important and even gained something positive from the increased burning of coal. Then you have to make more effort afterwards to achieve your own emission targets. When a grandparent dies, there is one less eater at the table. That's pretty much the logic.

Loeschel's remarks sounded extremely like an ivory tower and far removed from the problems of consumers in terms of energy prices. His advice when it comes to gas: just press the demand. Well then.

The otherwise rather vague formulation of Chancellor Scholz is surprisingly clear when it comes to nuclear energy. The Merkur reports from a press conference by the Chancellor. Scholz seems to live in a world of his own. There are many reasons for an extension, not least to save gas when generating electricity, which the industry urgently needs. The practical reasons are also not valid and it sounds more like basta.

You have proclaimed a turning point in the Bundestag. Doesn't that also include letting the remaining nuclear power plants run longer so as not to have to generate electricity from scarce and precious gas?

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The experts tell us: This will not work. The nuclear phase-out was decided a long time ago, the fuel elements and the necessary maintenance intervals of the plants have been precisely coordinated with the phase-out. The fuel rods last until the end of the year.

According to these statements, procuring new fuel rods takes twelve to 18 months. At least. That's why nuclear power won't help us now, not in the next two years, which is important.

So you don't have an ideological problem with nuclear power plants, but a practical one?

I wholeheartedly support the phasing out of nuclear energy. Nevertheless: If it were possible to extend the term by one or two years without any problems, hardly anyone would object to it now. But since that's obviously not possible, I won't dwell on the question for long.

Read the entire interview in Merkur . +++

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