Comment Re: Not downsizing nuclear (Score 1) 484
Citation needed -- that's not what the figures at https://www.energy-charts.de/exchange.htm say.
Citation needed -- that's not what the figures at https://www.energy-charts.de/exchange.htm say.
Germany needs overcapacity because wind and solar have pretty crappy capacity factors.
Year on year Germany exports to Danemark, Luxembourg, Holland, Poland, Austria and Switzerland, and imports from France, the Czech republic and Sweden. (Yes, Germany does export more than it imports).
In 2014 Germany exported 77.1 TWh, for which it earned 4591 million dollars.
France exported 37 TWh, for which it earned 3234 million dollars.
France is getting paid 46% more per Watt because it's selling when people need it's electricity, not when it's forced to because it has overproduction.
(Sources: http://www.worldstopexports.com/electricity-exports-country/3315 and
https://www.energy-charts.de/exchange.htm)
You have that completely backwards.
It's Germany that went all "atomkraft - nien danke" and ended up burning tons of filthy brown coal, not France.
France is just pandering to more German over-emotional hysteria.
The Industrial Age is over. The future is a bunch of small, barely self-sustaining agrarian communities loosely interconnected. With the upcoming end of the Information Age the energy requirements will plummet. It's been a great century and some, but science and technology have run their course. The place for Man is with Nature.
With your plan the place for man is in the grave.
Moron.
basically, France should be pushing AE, but as a replacement for their coal plants.
What coal plants?
Oh, yes, there are three. One of them is being refitted to burn wood.
In fact this turns out to be wrong. At certain times of the year (and day) Germany exports to France, but for every year since 2011 Germany has been a net importer of electricity from France.
From those charts France has been a net exporter to Germany for every year since 2011.
Because Germany has had to install wind and solar overcapacity it is forced to export its electricity at low rates when it has too much and import electricity at high rates when there is less wind and sun.
Numbers?
Current EDF tarrifs are 0.144 EUR/kWh (flat rate, or you can go for the night rate deal, 0.1572 daytime, 0.1096 off peak).
I've seen claims that average US prices are around 12.64 cents/kWh, http://www.eia.gov/electricity/monthly/update/end_use.cfm which is more or less exactly the same amount.
With that strategy they have managed to boost sales for their commercial license, but it is probably also one of the main reasons why Ada has not gained and will never gain any widespread popularity.
You think that is why Ada hasn't gained widespread popularity?
I remember when it was called "Green". No way was it ever going to be popular.
dpkg -l '*selinux*"
(Or whatever the equivalent is for your distro).
Shows anything?
Yes, as I said, PCSO's are a bunch of jerks, as are self obsesed iphone users who can't read notices that say "don't use this socket".
Of course, when the police swear and shout, it's fine
Actually, no, it isn't. If the police swear at you it's a disciplinable offence. Take their number and report them.
Well, no. It was a PCSO, a part-time cop's helper, who made all the fuss, not the train company.
The real cops decided not to arrest the guy because they realized it wasn't worth it, but he was then such an irritating piece of shit that they re-arrested him for being a dick in a public place.
Both the fake cop and the "I need to charge my iPhone, waaa" baby are clearly morons.
On this actual subject, this is 100% LOL worthy and really did have me snigger because I'm thinking "WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK ELECTRICAL SOCKETS ARE FOR YOU DUMBASS!!!".
They're for the cleaning staff to plug their vacuum cleaners in. They are clearly labelled "not for use by the public".
If all else fails, lower your standards.
