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No, the government isn't "on a largely ideologically driven understanding of climate change prevention". The shutdown of the nuclear reactors was decided by the previous government in 2011 and never reconsidered. Yes, as part of the war against Ukraine, Russia cut their gas deliveries to Germany. We managed to find other suppliers, but at least short term, sport market priced for gas went high up. This has by now settled down to about pre-war prices. In parallel, the ramp up of renewables was accelerated. In Q1 2024, 60% of the electricity was renewable.

>>_ph_+(OP)
Your answer is a non sequitor.

The shutdown of the nuclear reactors was an ideologically driven decision by the last government and the last government before that.

Energy prices are extremely high which damages the German economy. Renewables depend on massive subsidies that Germany can't afford less and less.

Oh and Gas: Switching supplier from Russia to Qatar wasn't a brilliant decision. You just replace an adversarial supplier with another one. Thats really no reason to pat yourself on the shoulder. Its an extremely short term decision.

>>IAMMid+B41
You are using the word "ideology". That isn't the hallmark of good arguments. But may be we can agree onto that the current government is trying to fix all the problems caused by the previous one. The problem wasn't shutting down the mostly old nuclear reactors, the problem was curbing the ramp up of renewables. But fortunately, the current government is fixing that. Which brings energy prices down and while currently we are hit by many factors, quickly can become a big support for Germanys economy. It might be expensive leading a trend, but it does pay of long term.