The topic you have read was written in 2000 when Germany's ruling party decided to exit Nuclear power. However then they had thought renewables will be able to take it's place but that has not happened. Also the price of oil then was $20 and they import a lot of gas from Russia. Now the opposition to Nuclear is dwindling now even in Germany. They have started realizing they can not get away from Nuclear that easily. Link- telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1556830/Germany-to-stay-nuclear-in-Merkel-U-turn.html
Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, is preparing to perform a major U-turn by scrapping plans to abandon nuclear power.
From the link: The move would bring Berlin into line with many of its European neighbours, who are investing heavily in new and existing sources of atomic energy, but puts Mrs Merkel on a collision course with the country's powerful green lobby and her coalition partners.
