Also, Germany does not export its nuclear waste, dear France [1].
The current situation with coal is bad and we have to solve it. And I know HN is pro nuclear and downvotes opposing opinions, but history has proven several times, that nuclear energy is not a very good option, either.
[0] http://www.dw.com/en/new-incident-at-belgiums-tihange-2-nucl...
[1] http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/worldnews/8...
I guess this is incorrect :
Gorleben Nuclear Waste Repository. The waste comes from Germany's nuclear power plants, was reprocessed in France at La Hague, and the unusable remains then sent back to Germany in spent nuclear fuel shipping casks for final storage, according to the contract with the reprocessing company, Cogema [0].
But even if it comes from France what's the matter? If nuclear wastes go to Gorleben it is obviously because the city allows it, because they have a deal with french firms and they have facilities to store it. If you want to blame someone for it blame the city.
In contrast I am sure France does not 'export' its air pollution as much as our dear Germany :p. And France does not have much of a say in that.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorleben#Nuclear_Waste_Reposit...
Chernobyl was the decisive moment for me: you have the Soviets screwing it up in the worst way possible, my home place in southern Finland being one of the most affected places on Earth due to winds in April 1986, and the results are not worse than this? Bring it on, it's surely better than coal.
Lead in the air is one of the effect of massive coal usage in Germany and showing : https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11987396