Europe has survived 3 energy shocks in 4 years. The only way out is to stop buying power from its enemies | Fortune

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[โ€“] 14 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 child)

I present Exhibit A, the new Reactor Flamaville in France. Construction took 17 years and 12 billion Euros.

Exhibit B, solar panels I can mount on my roof for a few thousand that run for 20 years without maintenance.

I rest my case.

EDIT: I did some estimating and figured that instead of building a NPR, France could have supplied around 500.000 households with solar and storage instead. That would be the populations of Lyon, Toulouse and Nice combined. And they would have around 65% of their power for free.

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