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Re:A Pretty Visualisation of the European Power Grid (2022) by insane_dreamer on Thursday November 28, 2024 @03:06PM (#42268214)
someone could calculate the savings in CO2 emissions over all the power generated by nuclear energy each year in France, since the power stations were built, vs coal plants (which would have been the alternative at the time)
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Re:A Pretty Visualisation of the European Power Grid (2022) by ZeroGravitas on Friday November 29, 2024 @03:06AM (#42271942)
They replaced oil burning plants in France, when the global oil supply got disrupted.

If France had coal to burn they wouldn't have been burning oil in the first place.

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