Just a few months ago, Germany could afford to do without its own energy sources because they were cheaper abroad.
That has changed fundamentally.
Every time Germany negotiates supplies abroad, the question arises as to why it can't take care of it itself.
That applies to nuclear power, but also to fracking.
Banning fracking in Germany, but letting the Netherlands or overseas suppliers do the dirty work in order to then import the gas to Germany, is not in the spirit of the energy transition, but energy policy hypocrisy.
Advance arguments
The argument that it is taking too long to get into the technology now denies the insight that gas – if it can't be nuclear power – will have to serve as a bridge for a long time until enough green hydrogen is available.
In case of doubt, this will take longer than expected.
Citizen protests should not be the yardstick either.
It's been around for years against wind power.
So should we give it up?
Fracking repeats what the traffic light coalition had led the Germans to believe about nuclear power.
The Greens and the SPD are not concerned with the climate, but with defending their status as the winners of history.
Therefore, they must constantly adapt reality to their arguments, instead of trying to do it the other way around.
So they maneuvered themselves into the worst of all worlds - the one with coal.