[crote]

Nuclear base load is a lie.

The aforementioned subsidies aren't just for the electricity it produces, it is also for the electricity it could produce. The nuclear plant has a right to sell electricity to the grid at a certain price. Market price too low? The government pays the difference. No demand? The government buys the unused production capacity.

In practice this means that during periods of excess you are shutting down dirt-cheap solar and wind just so you can run a heavily-subsidized nuclear power plant. Nuclear doesn't pick up the gaps left by solar and wind, solar and wind pick up the gaps left by nuclear!

[mpweiher]

Giving priority to non-reliable producers is insane.

[Arodex]

With batteries, not only is renewable more reliable, it is also much easier to maintain grid stability.

[Scroll_Swe]

Okay so we turn off all nuclear like Germany?

Now what?

[Jolter]

Straw man.