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why is it always one extreme or another in US?! Have a look at France - they get over 70% of their electricity from nuclear just fine. And it is much cleaner a
by option 5y ago
why is it always one extreme or another in US?!
Have a look at France - they get over 70% of their electricity from nuclear just fine. And it is much cleaner and cheaper than in Germany which opts for Russian gas instead.
- pydry 5y agoFrance is fine for the next 10 years but all of its plants will start aging out - more or less at the same time. That either means a gargantuan cost to build new plants (making germany's recent renewables building spree look cheap) or trying to make a plant that was designed for 80 years last 100 with all of the exciting safety concerns which go with it.
- bassman9000 5y agoThose plants can be licensed, easily, for another 25 years. What about solar panels?
- Reason077 5y ago> "Have a look at France - they get over 70% of their electricity from nuclear just fine" Even France has cooled on nuclear due to the high costs involved. As old reactors are decommissioned, they plan to replace them mainly with renewables: https://www.power-technology.com/comment/renewable-energy-to-lead-the-capacity-mix-over-nuclear-power-in-france-by-2028/ https://www.power-technology.com/comment/renewable-energy-to...