Earlier quoted context omitted.
if it wasn't for France having primarily used nuclear power decades ago, Europe as a whole would be in a much much worse state when it comes to CO2 emissions. That makes it abundantly clear that nuclear needs to be a part of the mix when it comes to non-emission generating energy production.
Not sure if that still holds true nowadays with renewable energy and storage having got cheaper and cheaper.
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#34I get irrationally angry when a map is skewed in this way and there is no way to change it. The more you zoom in, the worse the distortion is made to be. Even zooming all the way out does not eliminate the angular distortion. This took actual effort on some programmer's part! Who ever thought that this is a good idea?!? It's like those navigational mini maps (car or computer game) that won't keep north pointing up...…
Re: A pretty visualisation of the European power grid (2022)
#35Meta: for those unfamiliar, 1.21 GW is a reference to the 1985 movie Back to the Future . Clip of the scene in question: * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDuZqYeNiOA * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back_to_the_Future If you haven't seen it, the entire trilogy is worth checking out: very fun and quite family friendly.
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#36Something I've wondered for a while: if the whole continent is on a synchronized grid, how can countries tell to or from whom they're exporting and importing electricity. I can see how they can measure their total imports or exports by comparing generation to consumption, but how do they figure out which neighbour they're getting electricity from / sending it to?
You don't. You guess based on generation, consumption and where the power lines are hooked up.
full disclosure: I install high voltage switchgear for a living.
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#37> we can delete most of the emissions of the developed world today by switching heating & car and truck transport to electrical Don't forget the fact that we need batteries to store the power, which is a much more annoying problem.
All of those solutions require infrastructure investments and smarter grids (likely with real-time pricing to incentivize consumers to use power when there's an excess, and an API so devices like chargers and boilers can act on this information without user input). But they don't require power storage at the grid level.
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#38Edit: Loaded after a few refreshes. Slowness relates to loading static assets from coppersushi.herokuapp.com
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#39Earlier quoted context omitted.
Not sure if that still holds true nowadays with renewable energy and storage having got cheaper and cheaper.
The result speaks for themselves, Germany still hasn't reached France 90s levels of emissions.
France's nuclear program was also very, very expensive: https://www.i-sis.org.uk/The_True_Costs_of_French_Nuclear_Po...
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#40Russians taking notes.