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I see that France has the most nuclear heavy grid and also some of the cheapest energy costs and lowest CO2 emission per unit energy in the world. When I see t
by consensus1 4mo ago
I see that France has the most nuclear heavy grid and also some of the cheapest energy costs and lowest CO2 emission per unit energy in the world. When I see that matched by a solar / wind focused grid I will believe the cheap renewables hype.
And even when I see that, the low energy density still has its own problems. The amount of resources needed for the panels and batteries is massive in itself. And the land area requirements are going to turn vast swathes of wild land into something like this: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DSUY5dhiVF6/ https://www.instagram.com/reel/DSUY5dhiVF6/
- nickserv 4mo agoFrance has higher prices than several EU countries. Spain in particular has low prices thanks to their solar and wind, and the Nordics thanks to hydro.
- pfdietz 4mo agoAnd the French cannot seem to replicate the putatively low price they paid for their first nuclear rollout.
- consensus1 4mo agoSpain has 3x the emissions intensity of France. The Nordics (some of them) have energy that is cheap and clean like France. That's because they have base load that doesn't emit CO2 like France.
- Glawen 4mo agoAnd the germanics have higher price than France, which can benefit from importing cheap spanish power (when not in outage) and reselling it at 5x to germanic countries.
- Moldoteck 4mo agoSpain has better weather, more hydro, cheap African gas and still nuclear. And emissions are worse