[starbugs]

> A while back someone unironically described Germany's nuclear power policy as "the single most catastrophic decision ever made by any government in peacetime".

German here. Accurate description if you ask me. It's one of the dumbest and most irrational decisions ever made in energy politics. It's completely inexcusable.

[HDThoreaun]

The great leap forward? Holodomor? These decisions directly killed tens of millions of people.

[paulddraper]

Devil's advocate: It was completely irrational, but how much difference did it actually make?

[starbugs]

Right. I should have mentioned that Germany should have decided to ramp up investments in nuclear power as well. A long time ago. My bad.