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> Now that this isn't of strategic importance anymore, France lost interest in nuclear plants (just look at what gets built in recent decades in France). Becaus
by realusername 5y ago
> Now that this isn't of strategic importance anymore, France lost interest in nuclear plants (just look at what gets built in recent decades in France). Because nuclear power by itself isn't that interesting, mostly because it is so hugely expensive and inflexible.
Half of the problem in France are the green activists & the public to build more and the other half is that the EU is extremely against nuclear and does all of what they can to sabotage the funding.
- cinntaile 5y agoThe EU isn't against nuclear, the EU is against illegal state subsidizing in a liberalized market.
- realusername 5y agohttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-climate-change-eu-transitionfund-idUSKBN2472HN https://www.reuters.com/article/us-climate-change-eu-transit... That's maybe how they are trying to spin it yeah.
- cinntaile 5y agoI'm confused, I thought we were talking about France? The above makes sense though, nuclear power plants are a bit too expensive to build compared to other alternatives. You get more bang for your buck by investing it elsewhere. I wonder what their definition of green is, it's clearly not CO2-based. Nuclear energy is not renewable so maybe that's their angle?
- realusername 5y agoI'm going to tell you the truth nobody want's to hear in the EU, a lot of EU countries bet very big on renewables and they can't afford to fail so they are doing everything they can to go their way, this includes clever definitions of subsidizing & so-called "green" funds.