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Because of costs. If you look at the reasons in France, I suspect CO2 did not matter much, but rather that it was a matter of national security. If the Europe
by olau 7y ago
Because of costs.
If you look at the reasons in France, I suspect CO2 did not matter much, but rather that it was a matter of national security.
If the European nations of today started to feel threatened, I'm sure you'd see plenty of public funding for renewables and nuclear.
Anyway, we'll get there some day, it least with renewables that are falling in price year by year.
- Iv 7y agoI was taught the main reason was oil independence. De Gaulle did not want to depend on freshly independent Algeria, Saudi Arabia or Russia. It was in the 70s, CO2 emissions were not yet identified as a serious problem but peak oil was already a known problem.