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2011-04-28 Europe

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Posted by Fred 2011-04-28 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 I don't see how this effort could succeed in Germany unless:
> BONN is just playing to popular mainstream whims, but in reality expects to restart Germany's Nucplants widin a couple or few years time.
> MORE LIKLEY, BONN HOPES TO SAVE $$$, IMPROVE ECON BY IMPORTING ENERGY + USING BUDGET BUNDESMARKS ELSEWHERE, vee France + espec new BFF, econ-troubled RUSSIA.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2011-04-28 01:10|| 2011-04-28 01:10|| Front Page Top

#2 Sorry to pick nits, Joe, but the capital was moved from Bonn back to Berlin in the 1990s.

You'd think these people have better things to do. Dependence on Russian natural gas, yeah, good idea.

Posted by RandomJD 2011-04-28 08:30|| 2011-04-28 08:30|| Front Page Top

#3 Yes the plant in Japan is unsafe. But that doesn't make ALL nuke plants unsafe. This is like equation all air travel unsafe because of one crash. I would point out that the U.S. Navy has been operating nuclear subs and aircraft carriers for decades without a major incident.

Posted by Cyber Sarge 2011-04-28 19:02|| 2011-04-28 19:02|| Front Page Top

#4 "Germans demand nuclear plant closures "

So, shut them down. Right now. There'll be blackouts, of course, because they'll no longer have enough power for the country, and the price of electricity will necessarily skyrocket overnight, but the protesters will get their wish. And isn't that the most important thing?

And no, no /sarc off. There was never any /sarc on.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2011-04-28 19:16|| 2011-04-28 19:16|| Front Page Top

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