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Source - The colors of the grids represent CO2 emissions

The title is a reference to the 2021 Texas power crisis

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[-] uis@lemm.ee 32 points 1 month ago

France is so low thanks to all those nuclear power plants they have.

[-] Noodle07@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

💪 Well they're getting old now, that's the not so fun part

[-] jose1324@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Which are shitting themselves now. Unable to be properly repaired or financed. Requiring goverment bailouts

because they're stupid and didn't regulate them like they should've.

And im pretty sure france's nuclear isn't privately owned?

[-] jose1324@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Not anymore, the government had to buy them fully so it wouldn't crash.

[-] uis@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

Privatization of profits and nationalization of liabilities. It's like France didn't have many revolutions.

yeah that checks out.

Now if only they hadnt designed the horrid EPR plants.

[-] uis@lemm.ee 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Considering coal power plant subsidies in some countries...

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