Meanwhile in Germany:

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      And last year was an anomaly as well? Next year, the French nuclear plants will be repaired and their rivers will carry sufficient amounts of water again?

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        Yes, exactly. It’s in the management PowerPoint for next year, so don’t worry about it

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      I mean, isn’t that the core of the intermitancy argument for fossil fuels? Consumers wouldn’t be willing to accept a 100% renewable grid which only met demand 95% of the time.

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        Perfect is the enemy of good. I’d rather have a 95% renewable grid than not even try. We can at the very least minimize fossil fuel use. It’s kinda silly to be doubling down on it in this day and age.

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        100% renewable requires opportunistic consumption, which is hard to do without eating people.

        Most of internet infrastructure is base load. It has to work 100% of time.