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Re:Germany sets new solar-power record by khuey on Saturday May 26, 2012 @04:52PM (#4028331)
The amount of time a nuclear reactor is offline for inspection, refueling, repair, etc is far less than the amount of time it is dark.
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Re:Germany sets new solar-power record by blubbar on Saturday May 26, 2012 @05:29PM (#4028423)
But nuclear plants burn fuel at night when nobody needs the energy. Pumped-storage hydroelectricity is needed for both.
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Re:Germany sets new solar-power record by jhuni on Saturday May 26, 2012 @06:41PM (#4028609)
The sun burned fuel for billions of years well there was no one around whatsoever.
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