Evidence-free claims + fantasy
Where's the evidence that German CO2 emissions have increased? Germany was a net exporter of electricity before Fukushima and it still is, although it exports less as a result of taking many of its nukes offline.
> "Head into a nuclear world of safer alternative technologies, such as thorium"
The author wants to gamble a liveable climate on technology that does not exist and that has been researched and failed to deliver for at least 50 years. That seems like a reckless plan.