At no stage has CO2 emissions in France doubled.
At no stage has CO2 emissions in France doubled.
www.forbes.com
we could get nuclear power up and running in a very short time.. but it apparently isn't workable.. why not at least test it out...
we need to be more effusive with our lessons as to how we get things done..again this article doesn't go far enough back but.....
If Saving The Climate Requires Making Energy So Expensive, Why Is French Electricity So Cheap?
French electricity costs are just 59% of German electricity prices. As such, according to the prevailing economic wisdom, French electricity should be far more carbon intensive than German's. And yet the opposite is the case. France produces one-tenth the carbon pollution from electricity.
For years, Germany has been pressuring France, which has a smaller economy, to follow its lead and shut down its nuclear plants and scale up solar and wind.
France has increasingly done what Germany wants. According to the Commision de Regulation de L’Energie, €29 billion (US$33) billion was used to purchase wind and solar electricity in mainland France between 2009 and 2018.
In fact, the carbon-intensity of French electricity has increased. After years of subsidies for solar and wind, France’s 2017 emissions of 68g/CO2 per kWh was higher than any year between 2012 and 2016.
At no stage has CO2 emissions in France doubled.
www.forbes.com
you seem to love being a tent.. you love your 'fairy' friends... love your sentiment... rush off .. I have a thing to do...again this article doesn't go far enough back but.....
If Saving The Climate Requires Making Energy So Expensive, Why Is French Electricity So Cheap?
French electricity costs are just 59% of German electricity prices. As such, according to the prevailing economic wisdom, French electricity should be far more carbon intensive than German's. And yet the opposite is the case. France produces one-tenth the carbon pollution from electricity.
For years, Germany has been pressuring France, which has a smaller economy, to follow its lead and shut down its nuclear plants and scale up solar and wind.
France has increasingly done what Germany wants. According to the Commision de Regulation de L’Energie, €29 billion (US$33) billion was used to purchase wind and solar electricity in mainland France between 2009 and 2018.
In fact, the carbon-intensity of French electricity has increased. After years of subsidies for solar and wind, France’s 2017 emissions of 68g/CO2 per kWh was higher than any year between 2012 and 2016.
we don't quite want it yet.. we don't want to suffocate and we know we won't yet... had enough of a rubbish.. and a nut scape that we are going to stuff itIf Saving The Climate Requires Making Energy So Expensive, Why Is French Electricity So Cheap?
French electricity costs are just 59% of German electricity prices. As such, according to the prevailing economic wisdom, French electricity should be far more carbon intensive than German's. And yet the opposite is the case. France produces one-tenth the carbon pollution from electricity.
The two arrive at a shocking conclusion: “France could have completely decarbonized its electricity sector had it spent $32 billion on new nuclear plants rather than on renewables like solar and wind.”
And were France to keep operating Fessenheim, a nuclear plant scheduled to be closed in 2020, start-up a new nuclear plant called Flamanville, build three more reactors the same size, and operate each nuclear plant an average of 85 percent of the year instead of its current average of 70 percent, it could generate sufficient zero-carbon electricity to completely decarbonize its road transportation sector.
But France appears unwilling to do that. Instead, France’s president, Emmanuel Macron, announced recently that he will stick with plans to reduce the nation’s usage of its nuclear plants, increase its output of renewables, and thus — necessarily — increase energy prices.
I was looking at total emissions, which seem to be trending in the right direction.It helps to talk apples with apples
France's CO2 per kwh was ~40g/kwh where now it is closer to ~70gCO2/kwh
1) it looks like you are looking at consumption rather than production (thus not considering impacts of import energy and export)
2) it looks like you are looking at total CO2 consumption vs just power stations
the below link doesn't go far enough back to see the average of 40 but you can see it is closer to 70 in recent times
eco2mix co2 en
CO2 Emissions per kWh of Electricity Generated in France RTE continuously provides an indicator of the carbon footprint of electricity generation...www.rte-france.com
you can then compare this with other nuclear jurisdiction like Ontario
Live 24/7 CO₂ emissions of electricity consumption
Electricity Maps is a live 24/7 visualization of where your electricity comes from and how much CO2 was emitted to produce it.www.electricitymap.org
at the time of this post France is 67 and Ontario 41
Gretel had a compelling argument... just because!!
Australia should take it, before you get hysterical Bob Hawke suggested this way back in the 80's.The basis of your argument is Wikipedia lol..
Interesting France slowly backing away from nukes..
They'd go further but nowhere to store the waste..
France to close 14 nuclear reactors by 2035 an all coal-fired power plants by 2022
President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday that France would shut down 14 of the country's 58 nuclear reactors currently in operation by 2035, of which between four and six will be closed by 2030.www.thelocal.fr
The basis of your argument is Wikipedia lol..
Interesting France slowly backing away from nukes..
They'd go further but nowhere to store the waste..
France to close 14 nuclear reactors by 2035 an all coal-fired power plants by 2022
President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday that France would shut down 14 of the country's 58 nuclear reactors currently in operation by 2035, of which between four and six will be closed by 2030.
