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Re:Macron says France will build new nuclear energy reactors by WalterBright on Wednesday November 10, 2021 @04:00PM (#29180702)
> You need something that takes payments.

Paid parking lots solved that problem eons ago.

> what does it cost to wire up all the parking spaces?

I wonder how people ever managed to electrify street lamps, any exterior powered things, even the per-stall electric parking meters I've encountered.

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Re:Macron says France will build new nuclear energy reactors by DennisP on Wednesday November 10, 2021 @04:46PM (#29181357)
Charging a car takes way more power than running a parking meter.

All I'm saying is, the costs of these sorts of demand management measures for renewables should not be overlooked in comparisons with the cost of nuclear, which doesn't need them.

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Re:Macron says France will build new nuclear energy reactors by WalterBright on Wednesday November 10, 2021 @06:53PM (#29182585)
> Charging a car takes way more power than running a parking meter.

True, you'll need a heavier wire. And the cost of installing wire far exceeds the cost of the wire. When my house was wired up, the cost of the installation was 40 times the cost of the reels of wire.

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