Elon: Germany's Nuclear Shutdown: A Gift to Putin?

Mathias Döpfner:
The terrible actions of Putin and to a certain degree also a result of strategic mistakes that Europe, particularly Germany, has made the drop out of nuclear energy.

Elon Musk:
Actually, can I just say, I think it's very important that Germany not shut down its nuclear power stations? I think this is extremely crazy.

Mathias Döpfner:
If we really want to reduce Putin's power and Europeans and Germany's dependance on Russian energy, should we have even more nuclear energy in order to get faster, independent from Putin?

Elon Musk:
I want to be super clear my opinion. Germany should not only not shut down the nuclear power plants, it should reopen the ones that shut down. And those those are the fastest ones to restart. It's crazy to shut down nuclear power plants if there's not like massive natural disaster risk, which Germany does not have. Then there's really no danger with the nuclear power plants.

We need to accelerate, not decelerate, nuclear power to break free from geopolitical energy chains.

Source: WELT Documentary 2022

[daryl]

Yes, politicians running most of Europe at the moment are crazy.

[sharonmcgowan]

Such wisdom in so many situations. What a gift🥰

[FraeuleinWunder]

BIG LOVE FROM GERMANY 🇩🇪 👏💞
Shoutout to Elon for telling the truth.

[KcPenguins]

Amen!! Elon. Thank you for thinking, of this.

[tedglowstick]

The Net Zero madness is bad enough, but closing the Nuclear power plants aswell is negligence bordering on sabotage.

[LifeCoachatHeartFjeld]

Thank God that Elon Musk uses his entire BRAIN 🧠 ❤😊

[liliangardner]

Dear Elon, if only the people in power had your good sense and reasoning. 😊

[Leavemelone.]

See how Elon made it seem like the interviewer and him had a different point😂

[bpest]

Nuclear is clean and cheap, not good for the system

[dalvapereira]

Bom dia, meu Brasil 🇧🇷🙏🙌 eu te amo 💞💞🙏🇧🇷

[stash.]

At least the one good thing out of the chaos of them closing those plants is they now look like fools

[johnsammonds]

the power stations were shut by the WEF

[bethpent]

Elon looks put on the spot like he really doesn't want to criticize Putin in any way!! And this guy just won't let up.

[ChristianeLackner-wuxc]

In this point, Elon Musk is right. Very right.

[patrickgallagher]

IF ANY COUNTRY SHUTS DOWN THEIR INDEPENDENT STRENGTHS WITHIN THEIR NATIONS, THEN THOSE COUNTRIES THAT DO THESE ACTIONS AUTOMATICALLY MAKES THEM RELIANT ON OTHERS

[yaminewell]

Nuclear power isn't the only path to energy independence.

[JamesLee-Im-All-In]

He is the guy who saved the astronauts that Boeing had stranded on the ISS. He knows what he's saying. Germany please listen to this advice!

[patrickgallagher]

Period! IT'S FUCKING COMMON SENSE!

[hatembouhjar]

BUT.. Iran isn't allowed, otherwise it's called "doesn't go along with international agreement"

[anilozdemir]

Currently, nuclear energy is the most efficient way to produce energy at large quantites and even though, nuclear isn't a green energy, it doesn't create any greenhouse gases when nuclear waste is stored correctly.

In addition, new generation nuclear facilities has some kind of passivie cooling system which makes them even more safe it