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Another way to look at it: there is no miracle solution. It´s easy to look at any situation and say ¨If only they´d _just_ XXX¨. It´s never that simple. Even
by makeitdouble 4y ago
Another way to look at it: there is no miracle solution.
It´s easy to look at any situation and say ¨If only they´d _just_ XXX¨. It´s never that simple.
Even if you deeply believe your solution is flawless and people ¨just¨ need to be convinced, the very fact that the situation is happening at all is an indication it will be a long and dire fight...
> essentially limitless
oh well
- bboygravity 4y agoCounterpoint: France is doing extremely well in Europe and is the only country that is doing well (I'm talking energy-wize). France is a nuclear energy country. So yes, there is 1 pretty great solution to the energy problem and yes it has existed since the 50's..
- Symbiote 4y agoFrance has the same energy price rises as the rest of Europe last year, since so many of their reactors weren't working. Most of them are also aging. Their average prices are only a little below the EU average. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Electricity_price_statistics https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php...
- ETH_start 4y agoFrance is one of Europe's top energy exporters, despiting consuming a significant amount of energy itself. Domestic energy prices levelling with prices in neighboring countries, while energy exports rise, is what you'd expect with a country that has a relative abundance of energy along with free trade with neighboring countries.
- bboygravity 4y agoSure, when you convert energy you need to do maintenance and keep things up to date and if you don't do that bad things happen. That goes for all methods of energy conversion. How does that have anything to do with the discussion about energy conversion types methods and their pros / cons?
- makeitdouble 4y agoI'd take your point if French were massively (like 90%) in favor of more nuclear, and saw it as their main energy source for the future centuries. That's definitely not the case [exit: a poll mandated from a nuclear power organisation puts it at 50% of people seeing nuclear plants as a positive asset for the country: https://www.ouest-france.fr/environnement/nucleaire/sondage-quel-regard-portent-les-francais-sur-le-nucleaire-39f1e822-2f43-11ec-a84f-a30e5f8a83f2 https://www.ouest-france.fr/environnement/nucleaire/sondage-... ] You can then think what you want of the French people and why they could be dead wrong for not thinking like you, but it's another debate: they'll still want to get out of it if given the time/choice.