Germany decides to drop nuclear energy production

Reports out of Berlin indicate that the Germans are transition away from nuclear energy quicker than the 25 year plan that they had previously adopted.  In light of the current nuclear disaster in Japan, Germany's energy policy has shifted.  In fact, seven of the seventeen reactors in Germany will be taken offline for safety checks.

Germany's nuclear power plants produce about 25 percent of their energy.  That energy production will need to be generated from another source.  I would hope that all of it will come from green technologies but I suspect in the short term that the majority of it will come from coal.

German renewable energy [as of 2009] was from the following sources [with percentage of renewable]:
Wind [40%]
Hydro [20%]
Biomass [20%]
Biogas [12%]
Solar [7%]
Other [1%]

Based on these statistics I see the greatest potential growth in solar.

The danger of nuclear energy

As the disaster in Japan shows us, nuclear energy has the potential to create havoc.  As the workers struggle to avert catastrophe it makes us question the decision to use nuclear power plants to produce electricity. 

As we know, in the future energy demands will only increase.  So the question is how to feed the energy using beasts in our lives.  To me the obvious answer is renewable energy sources like solar or wind.  Why tempt fate by building more nuclear power stations?