Shut down your nuclear plants and sit in the dark. That’s what they voted for.
Soon the Greeks can send the Germans tons of drachmas to burn to stay warm
Seriously 600,000 German households without power?????
Back to the dark ages
Not only have they shut down (I believe) six nukes, Russia has decided they are not able to export natural gas to them now since it is needed in Russia.
Oh, but the Germans have all those windmills, right?
This all said, I am not clear that there are any electricity “shortages” in Germany that account for the darkness - it appears instead that the price of electricity has risen so much that many homes can no longer afford it.
Just as with the price of gasoline, the cure for this is more supply - but the dolts who believe in socialism worldwide can’t get it through their thick heads that working on the supply problem requires thinking ahead, and compensating people who do that service handsomely. They would rather freeze in the dark, I guess.
Not just that. Then they took all their energy investment capital and put it into solar, with a negative financial return and negligible energy return.
They now buy gas from the Russians and have become “dependent” on another nation with diverging interests that has proven itself to use energy as leverage when issues arise (Ukraine, Republic Georgia...)
Nuclear is the “way to go” even for us. But it's politically not the expedient decision.