Yeah I was memeing a bit

spreading disinformation, Lügenpresse

France exported 10TWh during July at the peak of the heatwave, their nuclear powerplants were feeding into other countries grids even during these partial shutdowns.

All renewables are subject to some kind of weather impacts. A challenge with the grid is adapting to spikes in demand like if it's really cold or hot one day in particular. You cant turn up the sun or wind on demand.

We've been having brown outs in Canada for the first time ever in the last few years. Its crazy to imagine since our electricity is so abundant. Same with France struggling with this heat wave.

Had the Greens across Europe not been so staunchly anti-nuclear, it wouldn't have been a thing and we would already have been way more climate neutral. Instead they tried to jump the gun and go from worst energy generation for the planet and people to quite good without having a transitional period. They aimed for perfect and idealistic, not pragmatic and efficient.

Of course the bloody conservatives and right-wingers are the main reason we're here, but still, going "hah, it's the lowest carbon solution we have, but because my ideals are against it, I'll point out the extreme situations it doesn't work in" is still petty.