Prominent climate activist is changing her stance on nuclear power
In an interview on the German national TV channel, the 19-year-old Swedish activist shared her thoughts on the German government reverting to burning coal in the wake of the Russia-Ukraine war.
When nuclear power is already in place, it's not a good idea to focus on coal. It's a very infectious debate.
It depends if nuclear power is the better choice for the time being to address the climate crisis.
It's a mistake to close them down if they're already running.
The interviewer wanted to know if she thought nuclear power should be phased out as soon as possible, but she said it depended on the situation.
We don't know what will happen after this
Her responses are different from her usual rhetoric. When the European Parliament decided to label the two forms of energy as renewable, it was only as recently as this summer that Thunberg lumped natural gas and nuclear power together, condemning them both as false solutions.
The responses this week were cautious, avoiding denunciation of nuclear power, but also avoiding mention of it as a solution to our energy and climate problems.
Germany, which has had a strained relationship with nuclear power despite being early adopters, is where she stands on nuclear. Plans to shut down all of the nation's nuclear power plants by the end of the year have been put off as the nation struggles to get out of its energy crisis.
A plan for a hybrid fusion power facility has been announced by China.
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