Did anyone in America hear? Tens of thousands surround Merkel's office:
Coolest part of this Berlin trip was this anti-nuclear engergy protest. So many people! More pictures to come, I haven't developed my disposable yet..I just found these online.
These germans are protesting the extension, by the lovely Angela Merkel, of the use of nuclear energy in Germany. Around 7 years ago the government decided to put a moratorium on the use of nuclear energy. It was to be stopped completely this year however, Merkel's government has decided to extend it. The people are pissed! And actually manage to participate in a huge, successful protest. I'm impressed; let's hope the government is too. The nuclear energy lobbys spend tens of millions on advertisements and campaigns insisting that this energy is safe and necessary to 'bridge the gap' until they switch over completely to sustainable energies. However, it isn't. If they stopped using it today there would be no increase in the price of energy. It is just in the companies interest to continue its use. And where does all the nuclear waste go? The shores of poorer nations. woo! They asked all participants to bring tin cans wrapped in yellow paper and they made a Huge pile of it outside one of their government buildings. Unfortunately, I can't find a picture of that for the moment.
A lot of the signs the protesters held conveyed the message 'They say nuclear energy is better than fossil fuels, but why switch from one poison to the next when there is an abundant supply of sun, wind and water to be invested in?'
Sehr cool Berliners. We don't want another Chernobyl -
http://www.planetthoughts.org/userfiles/image/2009/Apr/Chernobyl-child.jpg
I'm just going to post the link because this picture is pretty disturbing.
Coolest part of this Berlin trip was this anti-nuclear engergy protest. So many people! More pictures to come, I haven't developed my disposable yet..I just found these online.
These germans are protesting the extension, by the lovely Angela Merkel, of the use of nuclear energy in Germany. Around 7 years ago the government decided to put a moratorium on the use of nuclear energy. It was to be stopped completely this year however, Merkel's government has decided to extend it. The people are pissed! And actually manage to participate in a huge, successful protest. I'm impressed; let's hope the government is too. The nuclear energy lobbys spend tens of millions on advertisements and campaigns insisting that this energy is safe and necessary to 'bridge the gap' until they switch over completely to sustainable energies. However, it isn't. If they stopped using it today there would be no increase in the price of energy. It is just in the companies interest to continue its use. And where does all the nuclear waste go? The shores of poorer nations. woo! They asked all participants to bring tin cans wrapped in yellow paper and they made a Huge pile of it outside one of their government buildings. Unfortunately, I can't find a picture of that for the moment.
A lot of the signs the protesters held conveyed the message 'They say nuclear energy is better than fossil fuels, but why switch from one poison to the next when there is an abundant supply of sun, wind and water to be invested in?'
Sehr cool Berliners. We don't want another Chernobyl -
http://www.planetthoughts.org/userfiles/image/2009/Apr/Chernobyl-child.jpg
I'm just going to post the link because this picture is pretty disturbing.
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