Reread post #3 and then revisit the posts about the effects of merit order pricing.
So we have solar PV costs in Germany at 1/2 that of the US. We have half of all renewable energy owned by individuals and communities in Germany, so the money paid for that electricity is being recycled back into the local community and not going into the corporate coffers of the utilities; and finally we have two cash streams you keep bouncing between when you pretend that the savings to the everyone's electric bills do not exist to offset the price of the subsidies. After pondering the folly of your stubborn refusal to face the facts...
... you can read this:
Post-Fukushima nuclear allergy spreads in France
...The nuclear issue is playing a significant role in the election campaign that will determine a new president on May 6. According to public opinion polls, Sarkozy has only a slim chance of being re-elected, and if he fails, the industry will miss its most prominent salesman.
What is the record in nuclear dreamland France, which has served as a blueprint for Japan's adventures in splitting the atom? While nuclear plants provide three-quarters of the country's electricity, this equates to only 17 percent of the final energy compared to close to half still being provided by oil.
Energy independence? Due to highly inefficient uses, per capita oil consumption in France is as high or higher than in Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom or even the European Union on average. In 2011, the foreign trade deficit reached a historic record of ?70 billion — most of it due to oil and gas imports — while Germany registered a ?158 billion surplus.
When freezing weather hit Europe in early February, France's neighbors made available up to 13,000 MW net to save the French grid from collapsing. Of this, 3,000 MW came from Germany, which had shut down half of its nuclear fleet just days after the Fukushima nuclear disaster.
This is the result of irrational policy incentives that have pushed electric space heating into one-third of existing and three- quarters of new homes. As a result, every degree Celsius drop in temperature increases capacity needs by 2,300 MW. Furthermore, energy poverty now affects about 4 million French households, of which 1.1 million had access to social tariffs in 2010, a 120 percent increase since 2007....
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/eo20120419a1.html
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