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Problem is, without nuclear power, they will have to resort to generating power from natural gas instead of using that gas for heating, which will in turn have
by BjoernKW 4y ago
Problem is, without nuclear power, they will have to resort to generating power from natural gas instead of using that gas for heating, which will in turn have problems compound.
- adrianN 4y agoRight now gas plants are running to stabilize the grid in France...
- BjoernKW 4y agoThat may be true, but that's orthogonal to the entirely home-made problems Germany is facing right now. While not a complete solution, using the remaining nuclear plants is an obvious stopgap measure to at least alleviate those problems in the short term.
- phh 4y agoUh, as far as I know, that's forever been the case? Nuclear is too slow to react to events, so we always need some safety margin that gas can provide?
- the_mitsuhiko 4y agoFrance's issues with nuclear are long lasting. They are running only 24 out of 56 power plants today and a lot of that outage is ongoing for many months. France is a net importer for almost a year I believe which is untypical for the country which normally exports cheap nuclear electricity.
- phh 4y agoYes, France's current situation fucking sucks. However my answer was for this message: > Right now gas plants are running to stabilize the grid in France... As far as I know, gas plants have always been used to stabilize grid in France.