Shutting down and even, as in the case of Sweden, demolishing existing reliable, cheap and clean energy such as nuclear power in favor of gas and coal has proven to be very costly. Partly financially, environmentally, but also from human suffering.
The power supply for Europe's citizens has become expensive and unreliable in recent years, resulting in increased living costs and in some cases unemployment..
The world has had increased emissions of greenhouse gases as many countries in Europe have had to restart their existing coal power plants in their attempts to secure their power supply when they closed their nuclear power plants.
Most of all, however, is the human suffering suffered by the people of Ukraine. That Russia chooses to invade Ukraine when Europe has become dependent on Russian gas is, in my opinion, no coincidence. I think Russia assumed that Europe would turn a blind eye because of its dependence on Russian gas.
That it was a gigantic mistake to shut down or even demolish fully functioning nuclear power plants is obvious because several countries now intend to build new ones. In addition to the decision-making politicians, the Environmental Movements owes a great debt to all of this. I wonder if everyone who contributed to the shutdowns fully understands what they have caused?
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