Nuclear isn't perfect, but it is the best we have right now.
ShugarSkull @ ShugarSkull @lemm.ee Посты 0Комментарии 5Joined 1 yr. ago
It's also really weird because discussing a topic like this is heavily impacted by where you come from. For exemple the discussion about nuclear energy cannot be the same in France, China, USA or Russia and I see almost everyone here talking the thing like the choice between Nuclear Energy or not (because it's should never be about Nuclear Energy or Renewable Energy) was the same everywhere on the planet.
So here we are, a lot of people talking to themselves instead of talking with each other, hammering their idea on the topic without even once considering that others living in others places and living in others conditions will approach the subject differently (and than it should be normal and comprehensible)
The above comment have been deleted so I cannot judge what was said
But, as a french person myself, I can assure you that the state of Nuclear Energy in France is a very complicated topic and you do yourself a disservice talking about it in this fashion
Furthermore, what you state is plainly wrong:
- France export more than import energy
- Nuclear Power plant goes down first on the network because there are more "pilotable" meaning you can start it or reduce their output more easily than others sources of electrical power
- the caping of electricity price is a leftist policy, the right has nothing to do with it and in fact, this is an another very complicated topic that needs to be researched before discussing
- France economy is instable right now yes, but pinning this on government debt is surely a drastic oversimplification of the problem and is more telling of your view of my Country than the effective state of our economy
I'll accept that maybe my vision of the suburbs is biased by films and TV shows 😅
I live in a city where temperature could realistically go to 110° F (that's about 40~45° C for me) in summer but here bus and tram have AC and there is water fountains (decorative and drinkable) everywhere + the city try to maintain vegetation despite heat waves. So even if it's hot outside, felt air temperature is actually way cooler.
I'll admit this is very dependent of where you live, the climate around you, water availability and other things, but certainly it's doable in some places of the US. For others places, in between accomodations can be found. Walkable cities are not a black and white sets of solution there's levels, hierarchical implementations, etc
I don't live in the US so maybe I'm mistaken but in my opinion a possibility could be :
Wait for a small group of houses in the suburbs to be available (preferably towards the center) and transform them in convenience stores, schools, office space, etc
Next you can link multiple suburbs like that with train/tram or metro for exemple. And you can even leave roads connecting zones for delivery or for people needing to go to another town or things like that
Couple that to a good public transport system overall and now you're living in a space were there's less danger due to car circulation, you don't need to drive multiple km to do groceries, kids can walk(or commute via PT) to school, etc
Edit: Naturally this would not be feasible in a year or two but I can easily see this implemented in 5 to 10 year time
Yeah, it's say's it was deleted by the creator, anyway that not what's important here
You've stated :
The way your statement is worded imply this is a common occurrence when I'm fact it is usually the other way around, France supply a lot of energy to it's neighbors
Yes in 2022 a year spectacularly weird for energy production everywhere in Europe thanks to the Ukrainian situation
But in 2023 France export more than import again Source : https://www.lemonde.fr/economie/article/2024/01/17/la-france-est-redevenue-premiere-exportatrice-d-electricite-en-europe-en-2023_6211385_3234.html
It's not clear from your text than this was your original intention
No you did not say that, you said:
Inflation doesn't appear in your text
Furthermore, even if you say that now, the capping of electricity prices are not only to combat inflation, but yes it is a reason, one other is to prevent private company to dictate the price of electricity, as an "essential" it's important that every one in the country can afford electricity, it's the same thing here for medication for exemple, state chose the price for almost every medicine you can buy in France
That's can be an entire new discussion (that I will not engage here, because I'm, and I think you too, as almost everyone, have not all the keys to discuss it) but economists say's a lot of things about this subject and forget that's France is it's own country and by that, have it's own way of thinking about debt, for many french leftist economists (not all obviously), debt is a good thing for exemple and that impact the way we use and think gouvernement funding
If you're interested I can link you to some resources on the question (albeit in french sorry)
PS: Sadly as I'm rereading my message, I'm realizing that the tone of it is harsher than I want it to be, buy I don't have the time or the energy to rewrite it in a more tasteful maner, sorry again