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> Democracy works great when people know what they're talking about.

Energy policy has been widely discussed in Germany for three decades. There was even a party founded which had this as one of their main political topics. That party has been relatively stable and has been in the federal government for a few years.

> Stuttgart 21; Berlin Brandenburg Airport; Elbphilarmonie ... that's an easier sell because they look fancy

None of these decisions were particular popular.

> Nuclear research of any kind has a massive stigma associated to the label

Rightly so. But worse is nuclear deployment in the form of large scale nuclear power plants in densely populated countries.




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