Mark Nelson: ‘This is one of the most extraordinary examples of a German leader saying one thing to avoid action on pronuclear sentiment, then saying the opposite once the reactors closed.’

Weeks before Germany's nuclear closed, utility giant @RWE_AG CEO Markus Krebber rejected calls to save them:

"There is still enough electricity"

The reactors close. Six weeks later Krebber says:

"Germany has a serious problem: We don't have as much energy available as we need" pic.twitter.com/zwdLCfg7fz

— Mark Nelson (@energybants) June 7, 2023

Words start to fail me watching this intentional destruction of German and also European industry.

The foxes are guarding the hens.

The killers are calling from inside the house.

You must read these two stories back to back:t.co/JrP2VW5A4Ot.co/Hbc9XqNI5b

— Mark Nelson (@energybants) June 7, 2023