Nuclear Power in Germany

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Obviously this thread mostly exists because a dispute on the subject was turning an elections thread into something different... but I'm genuinely curious about something (and have been for a while). While is Nuclear Power so controversial in Germany and Austria, even by the standards of other countries? It isn't without controversy in Britain, but only a minority of the population care greatly either way, while in Germany and Austria it seems to be an issue on which everyone has a genuine opinion.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

THat's an exaggeration.

Thus 'seems'

Yeah, his explanations make a great deal of sense; the issue of heavy-handed policing and reactions to it clears some things up, certainly. I suppose you can add to that the existence of an unusually large counter-culture and longstanding (understandable!) issues of mistrust of authority.