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Plus the electricity in France is enviably green: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_in_France#/media/File:Electricity_in_France.svg https://en.wikipe

• ciconia 9y ago
  In addition some electricity providers will sell you "green electricity", meaning they'll commit to buying the amount you consume from renewable sources.
  • thesumofall 9y ago
    Or even better: commit to build renewable capacity to cover their customers to avoid that the “green” energy is simply taken away from the power mix of everyone else
• kakwa_ 9y ago
  enviably, I'm not so sure... Most of the plants are quite old, and will cost a ton to renovate (~50B euros for the "Grand Carenage") or close. They also represent a growing risk as they get older. There is also the well known issue of waste management. Right now, it's actually more expensive per kWh produced. Also as it's backed by a well established nuclear industry, there is an important nuclear lobby which slows down renewable energy sources development. This industry is slowly dying (Areva had to be bailed-out basically a few years ago, and abroad, the bankruptcy of Westinghouse comes to mind), not the best horse to bet on. Is it better than coal plants? probably, but it's far from a silver bullet. To go back to electric car (and electric transport in general). One thing I rarely see discussed is the necessary increase in electricity production that a full switch to EV would require. How much bigger the output of electricity will have to be? 30%, 50%? Right now, given the really small proportion of EV, it's just a blip, but on a massive scale?