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Or if they had gone full nuclear like France. From the article: "While Germany's power carbon intensity vastly exceeds the roughly 45g of CO2/KWh of France's n

Or if they had gone full nuclear like France. From the article: "While Germany's power carbon intensity vastly exceeds the roughly 45g of CO2/KWh of France's nuclear-heavy system, the 166g reading at 1 p.m. on May 13 was below the 170g of CO2/KWh emitted during the same hour in Britain, which on an annual basis has a far lower carbon intensity than Germany."

martin_a 2y ago
> full nuclear like France The France that regularly has to shut down its reactors in the summer because there's no water for cooling left? Great idea!
- Kuinox 2y ago
  What you wrote is propaganda and not true, are you aware about that?
  - martin_a 2y ago
    https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/high-river-temperatures-limit-french-nuclear-power-production-2023-07-12/ https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/high-river-temperatu... but you're right, half of them were down for other reasons, too: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/15/business/nuclear-power-france.html https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/15/business/nuclear-power-fr...
    - Kuinox 2y ago
      Do you agree with the content in the article you sent ? It says it's for "water too hot" not "lack of water", a nuclear plant can be retrofitted with cooling tower to not heat up the river. This is not done for cost reasons, we are already overproducing when theses nuclear plant need to shut down due to temperature. > Kpler analyst Emeric de Vigan said the restrictions were likely to have little effect on output in practice The article you cite, mention an expert that says it will have "little effect on output", you make it as a big problem. And as the article says, France is still a net exporter at this climate, we export to countries that need a lot of electricity in the night, like Germany, exports have been massive theses days https://www.rte-france.com/en/eco2mix/cross-border-electricity-trading https://www.rte-france.com/en/eco2mix/cross-border-electrici... , despite germany attempt to sabotage our industry.

martin_a 2y ago

> full nuclear like France The France that regularly has to shut down its reactors in the summer because there's no water for cooling left? Great idea!

Kuinox 2y ago
What you wrote is propaganda and not true, are you aware about that?
- martin_a 2y ago
  https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/high-river-temperatures-limit-french-nuclear-power-production-2023-07-12/ https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/high-river-temperatu... but you're right, half of them were down for other reasons, too: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/15/business/nuclear-power-france.html https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/15/business/nuclear-power-fr...
  - Kuinox 2y ago
    Do you agree with the content in the article you sent ? It says it's for "water too hot" not "lack of water", a nuclear plant can be retrofitted with cooling tower to not heat up the river. This is not done for cost reasons, we are already overproducing when theses nuclear plant need to shut down due to temperature. > Kpler analyst Emeric de Vigan said the restrictions were likely to have little effect on output in practice The article you cite, mention an expert that says it will have "little effect on output", you make it as a big problem. And as the article says, France is still a net exporter at this climate, we export to countries that need a lot of electricity in the night, like Germany, exports have been massive theses days https://www.rte-france.com/en/eco2mix/cross-border-electricity-trading https://www.rte-france.com/en/eco2mix/cross-border-electrici... , despite germany attempt to sabotage our industry.