[nickpp]

> Free markets have not a lot to do with the technological leap of solar, that was mostly German subsidies

The technology used to make solar panels is the same used for semiconductors. It evolved al Moore's law speed thanks to an unregulated free market for the tech industry. Same reason we enjoy a cheap supercomputer in every pocket in 2023 instead of the city’s Eniac. That’s what lack of regulation does.

What German guvernamental subsidies did was to build a lot of Solar capacity in a country with relatively little sun. I hope it works out for them, but I remember earlier this year importing nuclear electricity from France.

[hutzlibu]

" I remember earlier this year importing nuclear electricity from France."

And I remember france hat to partially shut down their reactors in the summer, because the rivers were too warm to cool them.

[nickpp]

Nope. The rivers where just fine to cool reactors, it was that they were heating the water too much for the (outdated) environmental regulations.