In California, Nuclear Turns Off and Prices Go Up

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4. unless of course you had

thousands of wind turbines spread over a large area, where you would statistically be
able to plan for a certain level of production, and predict when you might need
to back it up.
Unlike this nuke which drives off a cliff, renewables have more gentle and predictable
variations, which is why they have been so successful in places like northern Germany,
where they produce up to 50 percent and more power in some states, with
no backup other than load balancing in the grid.