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[โ€“] [email protected] 57 points 4 months ago (15 children)

In Spain we are starting to get negative prices every weekend for electricity thanks to renewables. France is not even close to those prices with their bet for nuclear.

Don't get me wrong, I love nuclear power. And I'm not a big fan ok what thousands of windmills made to our landscapes. But efficiency wise renewable is unbeatable nowadays.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Energy is expensive in France because we are legally forced by european regulation to sell at those prices. Our energy is the least expensive to produce

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