So Far So Good for Germany's Nuclear Phase-Out, Despite Dire Predictions

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14. Yet overall emissions were down substantially

While we are trying to do the "big picture", its important to also put Germany's choices within the context of Europe's cap and trade framework.

Even when considering the need to build new coal power plants to help transition away from nuclear, the carbon trading system has helped to create the confidence to do so. In this case they have newer generators coming online and automatically exerting price pressure against older less efficient coal plants, hastening their retirement.

I believe what we are seeing in Germany is not denial, but radicalism operating on a number of different levels. They have turned their backs on the growth paradigm and are attacking it on multiple fronts. Only time will tell if that approach will save them time and trouble or make things more chaotic than the Anglosphere's policy of despotism and misinformation.