Look at the position the move away from nuclear has forced Germany into when dealing with Russia's flagrant aggression towards the Ukraine, they are ducking and diving over a strong response Russian aggresion because they have got to keep on the right side of the Russians because they are so dependent on Russia for gas and if the Russians cut off the gas, the country would end up with widespread power cuts
Meanwhile the Germans are still using coal to generate power, with 30 coal-fired plant in operation at the moment producing 25% of their power, with more coming on stream. They expect to be using coal-fired power stations until nearly 2040. In the UK we have virtually no coal-fired power stations and it accounts for only 3% of total power production and has been at that level for some years
A lot of German coal is lignite or brown coal, which has been described as the most harmful coal to human health. The combustion of lignite produces less heat for the amount of carbon dioxide and sulfur released than other ranks of coal. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lignite.
Most lignite comes from large scale open cast mines that do enormous damage to the environment when the top layer of the natural landscape, trees, animals insects etc is scraped off and destroyed to get to the lignite just below.
65% of Germany's coal fired power is generated in plants burning lignite.
As far as I am concerned, the proven damage that coal has done to the planet over 4 centuries in almost every country in the world and the millins of deaths it has already caused and will continue to cause until it is eliminated far outways the damage nuclear power and its waste could cause.
