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They don't rely on nuclear energy.

They rely on the grid. Just like the rest of the connected countries. Just like nuclear country France does.

What kind of energy is cheap at the moment there is irrelevant. If nuclear energy would be turned off on the grid, like it happens all the time when the French fleet needs repairs again for example, no lights go out in Austria. Just like no lights go out in France.

What you do is the same thing as making fun of humans because they rely on supermarkets and don't go out on the streets and shoot some animals.

Times change.




Following your metaphor, those humans eat meat while voting to outlaw the killing of animals. But only after spending a billion dollars on hunting equipment.


No. The metaphor is humans voting to stop hunting whales but eat whales before starving to death.


Not really. They've spent that money on hunting equipment only to realize that it would have been more clever to ask the people whose money they spend, if they should do it.

This is why it never happened again.

Learning from mistakes is something good.


> If nuclear energy would be turned off on the grid, like it happens all the time when the French fleet needs repairs again for example

It happened a single time in 40 years and the European grid almost died so no, they do rely on nuclear whether they are happy or not.


What are you talking about? Where is the grid "almost died"? :D

Do you have any trustworthy sources for that?


> like it happens all the time when the French fleet needs repairs again for example

The one time this happened in 40 years was quite a problem for European supply reliability.


When is this supposed to be? Because the time I've been talking about is not that long ago...


It happened in 2022. That’s not exactly «all the time» or even «again».


When exactly? Do you have any sources on this? An URL? Something?



This article literally refutes your statement:

> the European grid almost died so no, they do rely on nuclear whether they are happy or not.

It is actually the opposite of it. I mean seriously: what? :D

> In 2022, the power system proved resilient in the face of the most serious energy crisis since the 1970s


Where exactly are you quoting that first message from?

> I am not honest enough to avoid making strawmen

A-ha!




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