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0 pointsKrasnol4y ago0 comments

You have to be joking...

France just had to turn off 3 of their rotting reactors[0] and they lowered their estimates for this year to 295-315 TWh[1]. They're desperate, it's election year and they failed to come up with a diversified energy plan for the future. Luckily the recent taxonomy decision may help to avoid sharp tax rises to finance this backward and hilariously expensive[2] strategy but those EU funds won't run forever. Expensive times coming up for the French taxpayers.

Why would you need conspiracies when the failure is so clear in front of you?

[0] https://then24.com/2022/02/08/three-nuclear-reactors-shut-do...

[1] https://www.edf.fr/sites/default/files/epresspack/2447/5c9aa...

[2] https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/edf-announces-new-de...

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Krssst4y ago

> they failed to come up with a diversified energy plan for the future

Why diversify? If you have enough power when you need it without emitting CO2 I would think that would be enough.

However, no new nuclear construction for that many years does look like a mistake as France looks like it is slightly increasing use of coal this winter: https://www.rfi.fr/en/france/20220112-france-fires-up-coal-p...

If France had more NREs it would still face the same issues without adding considerable storage capabilities (any big country that does 80% NRE thanks to storage?)

KrasnolOP4y ago

> Why diversify? If you have enough power when you need it without emitting CO2 I would think that would be enough.

Ask that question next summer when the rivers get too hot again and they have too shut down.

robertlagrant4y ago

I wonder if that could be partially mitigated by solar. That could be a good combo.

B1FF_PSUVM4y ago

> Why would you need conspiracies

Sense of purpose. Mere incompetence is disheartening.

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