Anti-nuclear human chain to link 200 kms between Lyon and Avignon

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5. Do you think

That the utilities companies intentionally chose the more expensive ways to produce electricity? If that is the case, solar power should be their number 1 choice.
Ever since I saw windmills in Europe I've loved them, but I also realize they are not reliable source of electricity. Were sail ships cheaper to operate - yes, you did not have to pay for the fuel. Were they reliable - no, it could take you any amount of time to get where you were going, depending on the strength of the wind. That is why they are not being used commercially now.

France is approximately 210000 square miles. That means that if those 23000 windmills are all it requires to replace the existing nuclear plants, there will be one every 10 square miles. Of course you will need much more to compensate for differences in wind speed in different areas at any given time. Tying them to existing grid is one thing, creating an electric grid with only wind power that varies every minutes, is an entirely different scenario.

When you exclude all the mountains and other unsuitable areas, you will end up with huge windmills all over the place.


And then the environmentalists will start protesting them, because of all the birds they kill...