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France’s nuclear fleet gives it one of the world’s lowest-carbon electricity grids (ourworldindata.org)

submitted 2 months ago by VioletTea@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] call_me_xale@lemmy.zip 51 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

It's like I've always said, "The best time to build a nuclear power plant is fifty years ago."

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[–] spongebue@lemmy.world 20 points 2 months ago

The second best time is forty nine years ago

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[–] hanrahan@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 months ago

true, then you'd need decommission it and rebuild it about now.

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