Re:California Declares Grid Emergency
by dmos62 on Thursday September 01, 2022 @10:22AM
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Not trying to be cynical, but I hope this gets worse before it gets better, for the sake of publicity. I think non-nuclear green energy expectations need to be reined in.
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"reined", like a horse
Thank you. s/reign/rein
psst... "reined", like a horse
Re:California Declares Grid Emergency
by golemotron on Thursday September 01, 2022 @10:23AM
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All eyes on Germany this coming winter.
All eyes on France now.
Because their nuclear power plants don't work, Germany needs to burn gas to produce electricity for them.
Re:California Declares Grid Emergency
by christophilus on Thursday September 01, 2022 @10:33AM
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Yeah. Of all the crazy climate-related goings on, this one surprised me the most. I never considered the possibility that the natural warming of water systems would compromise nuclear power. It makes sense; I’d just never considered it!
This was an environnemental directive, for not releasing water too hot into the rivers. This measure has been temporarily suspended by the government.
The major factor is for delayed maintenance during COVID, and corrosion problems appearing lately.
https://www.dw.com/en/french-nuclear-plants-break-a-sweat-ov...
>This measure has been temporarily suspended by the government
Just because the measures are suspended doesn't invalidate the reason for them in the first place. To endanger the rivers ecosystems isn't really helpful