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France's most powerful nuclear reactor connected to grid after 17-year build (www.lemonde.fr)

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France’s Flamanville 3 nuclear reactor, its most powerful at 1,600 MW, was connected to the grid on December 21 after 17 years of construction plagued by delays and budget overruns.

The European Pressurized Reactor (EPR), designed to boost nuclear energy post-Chernobyl, is 12 years behind schedule and cost €13.2 billion, quadruple initial estimates.

President Macron hailed the launch as a key step for low-carbon energy and energy security.

Nuclear power, which supplies 60% of France’s electricity, is central to Macron’s plan for a “nuclear renaissance.”

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[–] [email protected] -4 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Could you compare it to land used for livestock or car parks or low density housing?

If we went 100% solar is that even noticeable compared to mentioned above.

You just making excuses.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Could you not compare unrelated stuff? What you just did is called "whataboutism".

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

"Land use is the main contributor to biodiversity loss"

Is that not a quote from what is being talked about.

How much of land use that is contributing to biodiversity loss is solar panels and wind? How much is energy in total?

It's fuck all. So yea that is relevant.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I am not making any excuse, I'm providing additional points to consider.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Pointless points. It's a rounding error in the grand scheme of things. You're just a fossil fuel shill.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Why do you have to reduce a discussion to chilling? What a sad attitude.
I guess you're not in a listening mood, but in case you are, let me state my opinion: I am in favor of all solutions that will help reduce the ecological crisis, which means reducing dependency of fossil fuels, raw materials extraction, and land usage among other things. I think both nuclear and renewables are good solutions for that, but they both have issues, so let's use what is most appropriate for every use case.