Yes, one nuclear power plant has greater output than a large number of wind turbine. That is not what the analogy was about. The analogy is about how people pu

Yes, one nuclear power plant has greater output than a large number of wind turbine. That is not what the analogy was about. The analogy is about how people pushing for wind and solar only/main are relying on every other area to be able to pick up the slack when their area is down. And the fact that they are not able or willing to pick up the slack when someone else's area is down. Your comment was that Germany is having to support France while they have their reactors down and viewing that in a negative light. If France was supplying power to Germany during a lull in the wind, the response would be "This is just so, even though the wind does not blow all the time, with enough interconnects we can ensure that a green grid is possible." There was even talk about expanding Europe's grid across to Libya in order to ensure that the wind would be blowing somewhere. That is just holding one energy source to an impossible standard(i.e. zero downtime) while giving generous excuses to the other.