[Rinzler89]

It's also interesting how they protested against nuclear for many decades but not against coal or gas, especially the one coming from Russia.

It's as if they're fueled by ideology and not reality.

Edit: yes I know they also protested against coal mining last year with that wizard, but had they kept and invested in nuclear they wouldn't have needed to revert to coal

[Kon5ole]

They did not revert to coal: https://www.cleanenergywire.org/news/germanys-coal-power-pro...

[JumpCrisscross]

Now. For years German coal imports were rising.

[greatpatton]

Only because Germany is producing less and less electricity. In 2017 Germany was producing 558 TWh vs 430 TWh last year...

[bpfrh]

There were protests against the coal industry, but on the mining side. The first that I found was in 2008 against mining of brown coal[1].

I would argue that there are less targeted protest against coal because protest concerning climate change include being against using fossil fuels which includes brown coal.

Nuclear is a special case, as accidents have a higher risk with a bigger area affected, so there will be more people that are concerned about it(same as with having coal mined next door vs. having a power plant somewhere in your region).

[1] https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tagebau_Garzweiler#Protest_und...