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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)