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And yet... no major safety events and still generating a significant amount of electricity. Obviously, as you point out, it could be better. But I'll take Fran
by gamegoblin 4y ago
And yet... no major safety events and still generating a significant amount of electricity.
Obviously, as you point out, it could be better. But I'll take France, issues and all, over coal plants every day of the week.
I expect France will get their act together.
Re: net importer, their amount of import is basically a rounding error, on the order of 0.1% of their energy usage. They are energy neutral.
- Gwypaas 4y agoThe great thing is that the alternative is not coal plants anymore, it is renewables. https://www.lazard.com/perspective/levelized-cost-of-energy-levelized-cost-of-storage-and-levelized-cost-of-hydrogen/ https://www.lazard.com/perspective/levelized-cost-of-energy-...
- acidburnNSA 4y agoLCOE is unrelated to systems costs of large decarbonized grid because it leaves out the costs of long-term backup, increased transmission, overcapacity needed to fill the night batteries, and more.