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by MagnumOpus 779 days ago
> couldn't even build them to meet the needs of the grid near unlimited money

France did, with very limited money.

> It would require more than halving the capital requirements to get close to break even with renweables

France - the cost of their nuclear build-out 50 years ago made nuclear about the same cost as solar/wind (7c/kWh)

> they cannot touch fossil plants

Of course fossil plants get shut down if there is political will. (Yes France has barely any anymore, and the same goes for a number of other countries)

> much lower capital requirements

If you don't count the grid enhancement and the batteries needed for Dunkelflaute.