The US Department of Agriculture Bans Support for Renewables

Re:The US Department of Agriculture Bans Support for Renewables by cyberax on Sunday August 24, 2025 @07:31PM (#45008765)

> Please do tell me how costly an already existing open cycle gas turbine is to maintain compared to new built nuclear power.

Sad, utterly sad.

> Again making numbers up without showing any sources to back it up. This truly is getting sad, I can tell that you are grasping for the straws.

Can you read the Wiki, please? At least. Thanks.

> Let me cite myself

Yes, you lied. The last year during the Dunkelflaute in November, France was exporting energy to Germany.

Here is proof: https://transparency.entsoe.eu/transmission-domain/physicalF... - you can look for the days around Nov 5, 2024. Germany with its oh-so-great renewables was being bailed out by France. Along with Spain and Belgium.

So what next? Can you give me a link to the border flow records that show France importing power during cold spells?

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Re:The US Department of Agriculture Bans Support for Renewables by ViewTrick1002 on Monday August 25, 2025 @04:53AM (#45011743)

Thank you for confirming that the maintenance costs for an open cycle gas turbine is near zero.

Why do you keep dodging? Because it means you have to accept that nuclear power does not solve the problem you decry as the end of the world?

You do know that Germany has enough thermal power to run the entire country without any imports or help from renewables?

I love when buying cheaper electricity than you can make on your own on the European market is billed as "the grid would otherwise collapse!!!".

You truly are out of your depth here.

Here's a random selection when the French grid would collapse without 35 GW of their own and neighbors fossil based electricity:

https://energy-charts.info/charts/power/chart.htm?l=en&c=FR&...

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Re:The US Department of Agriculture Bans Support for Renewables by dang on Monday August 25, 2025 @11:37PM (#45022006)

It's not ok to post like this. Please see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45021995 and https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45021981.

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Re:The US Department of Agriculture Bans Support for Renewables by dang on Monday August 25, 2025 @11:37PM (#45022004)

Could you please stop posting in the flamewar style to HN? We've asked you this more than once before, and we eventually have to ban accounts that keep doing this. I don't want to ban you.

If you'd please review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and stick to the rules when posting here, we'd appreciate it.

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