Germany - European lynchpin of NATO - refuses to keep last 3 nuke plants up and running.

[God of War]

The liability with partners like this is too big. We need to get out of the European security business We'll be forever blackmailed with the threat of nuclear war for the spineless ingrate Germans.

German Power Operators Reject Calls to Keep Nuclear Plants Running Despite Ukraine War

Germany’s leading power utilities have declined to extend the life of their last operating nuclear power plants beyond a government-imposed deadline to shut them down by the end of the year amid calls to keep them running to reduce dependence on Russian gas in the wake of Moscow’s war in Ukraine. G

www.wsj.com

 

[EatTheRich]

The pandering anti-nuclear politics, supported by Big Coal, are deadly folly. Shutting down nuke plants is not an easily reversible decision and we should be building new ones, not shutting existing ones down.

 

[God of War]

The pandering anti-nuclear politics, supported by Big Coal, are deadly folly. Shutting down nuke plants is not an easily reversible decision and we should be building new ones, not shutting existing ones down.

At this pace America is going to retreat behind its moats and let the world go at it for a decade or two. They are going to cannibalize each other to such and extent faux global warming won't be an issue anymore.

 

[God of War]

They've committed to spending their fair share for NATO. Will spend an additional $100B. We have a partner. Now the U.S. can turn to the Pacific with freed resources from Europe, Africa, and M.E. because Europe will be a real ready reserve we will hopefully never have to draw on. Their existence alone may well suffice.