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Comment Re:What a surprise (Score 1) 260

The French are subsidising each new reactor to the tune of 4-6 billion Euros.

And you can provide some reliable source for this figure?

French nuclear reactors are paid for by EDF using money raised from bonds.

EDF gets no money from the French state, it in fact massively subsidises the state by paying huge yearly dividends.

Comment Talk about low expectations (Score 1) 119

"In fact, the in-service reliability of the 737 MAX is consistent with other commercial airplane models," the spokeswoman said. "Since November 2020, the 737 MAX has flown more than 1.5 million flight hours in more than 580,000 revenue flights. The overwhelming majority of these flights have been conducted without any incident."

Yow! way more than half of the people who flew a 737 MAX are still alive!

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