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Re:The euro and the dollar are a penny away from parity for ... by riffraff on Monday July 11, 2022 @12:11PM (#32058054)
Italy also voted recently to ban nuclear _again_ after it had been allowed a second time. There are some people in favor, but it's unlikely to get reversed any time soon.

FWIW, France is currently importing energy from Germany, and will be doing that until the winter, because they shut down many reactors for maintenance, the futures for electricity in France were > €1200/MWh last week.

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Re:The euro and the dollar are a penny away from parity for ... by sph on Monday July 11, 2022 @01:26PM (#32059018)
> Italy also voted recently to ban nuclear _again_ after it had been allowed a second time.

The first referendum was 6 months after Chernobyl, the second one 3 months after Fukushima. No wonder the outcome was overwhelmingly against it. Demagogy in its purest form.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_in_Italy

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Re:The euro and the dollar are a penny away from parity for ... by throwaway0x7E6 on Monday July 11, 2022 @01:54PM (#32059398)
holy fucking shit. will consumers really end up paying 1.2 euro for a kWh?
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