The post-Fukushima shutdown of Germany's nuclear plants is having a huge impact on electricity prices, which have jumped 50 percent. Today, electricity prices in Germany are nearly three times the US average. The clean little secret is that nuclear power is a zero-emission energy workhorse, providing 64 percent of America's zero-carbon energy. It has demonstrated its economic and environmental value.
The post-Fukushima shutdown of Germany's nuclear plants is having a huge impact on electricity prices, which have jumped 50 percent. Today, electricity prices in Germany are nearly three times the US average. The clean little secret is that nuclear power is a zero-emission energy workhorse, providing 64 percent of America's zero-carbon energy. It has demonstrated its economic and environmental value.