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Wednesday, June 29, 2022

Reality Sinks In: France Reviving Coal Plants to Survive Energy Crisis

Peter Caddle

After a warning from the head of three power companies, France’s government has announced that it will restart a coal-fired plant this winter.  A coal-fueled power plant in the north-east of France is due to be restarted by the country’s government this winter in order to better combat energy insecurity resulting in part due to ongoing hostilities with Russia.  The announcement that the Saint-Avold will be brought back online comes shortly after the heads of three major energy companies in France warned that the general public must “immediately” cut back on energy use to better enable officials to better handle energy insecurity...........To Read More....

My Take - Two things. First, Europe is in a intellectual and philosophical mess regarding global warming, energy, agriculture and green insanity in general that's suicidal, as the other linked article show.  Secondly, if this actually happens, this isn't going to happen overnight.  It takes time to shut these kind of plants down and start them up again as the heat has to be controlled slowly in order to prevent damaging them.   And if it's been shut down it hasn't been maintained and before they bring this on line there will have to be a maintenance and repair period. I wouldn't expect them to back on line for a month.  Also, if they're agreeing to "green" demands as they article states, it may never open.  However, this is encouraging because its tacit acknowledgement alternative energy is a bust.

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