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> Because unless you firehose the private sector with subsidies it'll never build an NPP Similarly, unless you hammer the private sector with mandates it'll ne

> Because unless you firehose the private sector with subsidies it'll never build an NPP Similarly, unless you hammer the private sector with mandates it'll never build solar panels atop parking lots? Besides, EDF was at one point the single largest producer of electricity in the world, and France does quite well for a developed country with high living standards in terms of per capita CO2 emissions, on the back of its nuclear program. It seems at least the firehose got them results with nuclear. I'm all in favor of abundant energy for human consumption, especially if it comes from low-externality source, but I do question how much the needle is going to move by mandating solar panels on parking lots, which carries with it its own externalities.

Schroedingersat 4y ago
> Similarly, unless you hammer the private sector with mandates it'll never build solar panels atop parking lots? Things can be expensive until lots of people do them and then become cheap. > I'm all in favor of abundant energy for human consumption, especially if it comes from low-externality source, but I do question how much the needle is going to move by mandating solar panels on parking lots, which carries with it its own externalities. France has about 38 million cars. If there are 19 million car parks that qualify at 40m^2 each or 1.4kW, that's 26GW (so about the level you want solar at in your mix with the rest from wind/nuclear/hydro imports/etc
pydry 4y ago
>Similarly, unless you hammer the private sector with mandates it'll never build solar panels atop parking lots? Clearly not coz it happens (profitably) outside of France without mandates. >I do question how much the needle is going to move by mandating solar panels on parking lots What data do you have that leads you to suppose it will make zero difference? A quick google suggests that if all the Walmarts alone in the US did this it would provide 11GW. 11GW is coincidentally how much incoming nuclear capacity France has under construction (not enough to replace capacity going offline).

Schroedingersat 4y ago

> Similarly, unless you hammer the private sector with mandates it'll never build solar panels atop parking lots? Things can be expensive until lots of people do them and then become cheap. > I'm all in favor of abundant energy for human consumption, especially if it comes from low-externality source, but I do question how much the needle is going to move by mandating solar panels on parking lots, which carries with it its own externalities. France has about 38 million cars. If there are 19 million car parks that qualify at 40m^2 each or 1.4kW, that's 26GW (so about the level you want solar at in your mix with the rest from wind/nuclear/hydro imports/etc

pydry 4y ago

>Similarly, unless you hammer the private sector with mandates it'll never build solar panels atop parking lots? Clearly not coz it happens (profitably) outside of France without mandates. >I do question how much the needle is going to move by mandating solar panels on parking lots What data do you have that leads you to suppose it will make zero difference? A quick google suggests that if all the Walmarts alone in the US did this it would provide 11GW. 11GW is coincidentally how much incoming nuclear capacity France has under construction (not enough to replace capacity going offline).