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France got almost 75% of its electricity from fossil fuels in the mid-70s[1], so "never" is wrong. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Electricity_productio
by genericid 8y ago
France got almost 75% of its electricity from fossil fuels in the mid-70s[1], so "never" is wrong.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Electricity_production_by_sources_in_France.png https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Electricity_production_by...
- ekianjo 8y agoWell, 40-50 years is already a long time. It means that France made the shift before and ahead of other countries.
- WhompingWindows 8y agoTechnically, they were running their economy by burning wood/fats/oils for hundreds of years. However, in the context of energy, what matters most is what's happening right now and the total sum of global emissions prior to right now.
- genericid 8y agoIn the context of sentences involving the word "never", it does not matter when the thing that supposedly never happened did happen.