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Re:Germany to Rethink Nuclear Shutdown as Energy Crisis Deepens by cinntaile on Tuesday July 19, 2022 @03:47PM (#32156974)
Are you suggesting to run the current ones at lower than optimal output and only run at optimal output when necessary? That doesn't sound like a good use of capital.
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Re:Germany to Rethink Nuclear Shutdown as Energy Crisis Deepens by StillBored on Tuesday July 19, 2022 @05:34PM (#32158286)
Vs having 100% of your worse case capacity in gas plants sitting around idle?

The solar/wind numbers aren't even remotely comparable at this point because no one factors those in until the power bill shows up, then somehow the price goes up as we add more "cheap" renewables.

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