Let's understand how the French grid works. France generally export quite large amounts of electricity. But whenever a cold spell hits that export flow is reve

Let's understand how the French grid works. France generally export quite large amounts of electricity. But whenever a cold spell hits that export flow is reversed to imports and they have to start up local fossil gas and coal based production. What they have done is that they have outsourced the management of their grid to their neighbors and rely on 35 GW of fossil based electricity production both inside France and their neighbors grids. Because France's nuclear power produces too much when no one wants the electricity and too little when it is actually needed. Their neighbors are able to both absorb the cold spell which very likely hits them as well, their own grid as the French exports stops and they start exporting to France. Have you heard of the Baumol effect? Construction haven’t gotten meaningfully more efficient while salaries have increased to keep up with productive industries. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baumol_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baumol_effect Looking at the actual data renewable subsidies are being phased out in the EU. Down to €61B in 2024 from peaking at €89B in 2020. They just aren’t needed anymore. https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/documents-register/api/files/COM(2025)17_0/090166e517d31643?rendition=false https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/documents-register/api/fil... Also truly love the link to a 2020 article from oilprice.com. Hiding your bias isn’t your thing?