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