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French warned over possible power cuts this winter
TheLocal.fr ^ | 09 Nov 2016 17:12 GMT+01:00

Posted on 11/09/2016 7:20:25 PM PST by Olog-hai

France may be hit by power shortages this winter, with almost one third of the country’s nuclear power plants out of action.

It might be time to bring out the extra blankets at home.

Grid operator RTE warned on Tuesday that it would have to take “exceptional measures” to keep the French warm this winter due to the fact that 20 of the country’s 58 nuclear power plants have been temporarily disconnected for safety checkups.

These measures may include “short power cuts in certain areas of the country in order to continue providing electricity to homes during the winter period”, it said in a statement.

And the French will be grateful for anything that can keep their homes warm, especially with recent temperatures that have already proven to be colder than usual in France, the operator noted. …

(Excerpt) Read more at thelocal.fr ...


TOPICS: Local News; Weather
KEYWORDS: climatechangehoax; france; globalwarminghoax; nuclearpower

1 posted on 11/09/2016 7:20:25 PM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

First world problems. No, wait...


2 posted on 11/09/2016 7:22:32 PM PST by Vince Ferrer
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To: Olog-hai

So excited we’re going to have Trump in charge of the EPA and coal country can start getting back to work. Seems like several times a day I start thinking about things that weren’t possible before because of Obama that now are. Just makes me smile. :-)))


3 posted on 11/09/2016 7:25:48 PM PST by MountainWalker
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To: Olog-hai

France gets most of its power from nuclear power plants and exports billions worth of electricity to other countries


4 posted on 11/09/2016 7:26:46 PM PST by Mount Athos (A Giant luxury mega-mansion for Gore, a Government Green EcoShack made of poo for you)
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To: Olog-hai

Rather dumb to have 20 down at once, rather than a few at a time.


5 posted on 11/09/2016 7:27:52 PM PST by wattojawa (Scott Wagner 2018 --- PA's Trump)
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To: Olog-hai

Not to worry.

2016 was the warmest year ever, right?


6 posted on 11/09/2016 7:28:31 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Mount Athos

Power from the grid can be exported and sold because it cannot be efficiently stored. Use it or lose it.

However with power plants offline there isn’t excess power to sell


7 posted on 11/09/2016 7:30:31 PM PST by Hodar (A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.- Burroughs)
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To: Olog-hai

socialism coming home


8 posted on 11/09/2016 7:31:25 PM PST by Cannonball Bill
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To: Olog-hai

The french are not smart enough to have a stealth plan to let their muslim hoardes freeze.


9 posted on 11/09/2016 7:38:57 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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Lets hope for ice age 2017


10 posted on 11/09/2016 7:43:40 PM PST by dsrtsage (One half of all people have below average IQ. In the US the number is 54%)
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To: Olog-hai

They have options, like move to Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, Syria... maybe Iraq, Saudi Arabia or Gulf States.


11 posted on 11/09/2016 7:54:04 PM PST by odds
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To: Olog-hai

This is what our electric power grid situation would have ended up like with hundreds of billions of dollars spent on “green energy” projects by Hillary.


12 posted on 11/09/2016 8:28:57 PM PST by fireman15 (The USA will be toast if the Democrats are able to take the Presidency in 2016)
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This is what our electric power grid situation would have ended up like with hundreds of billions of dollars spent on “green energy” projects by Hillary.

I was up near SF recently on vacation and was talking to a utility employee. He told me the nuts in Calif are getting ready to shut down Diablo Canyon Nuc Plants in the next couple of years because they have the alternate energy generation to replace it.

Yep, the dumbasses in Calif watnt to replace base load plants with wind and solar. Idiots.

13 posted on 11/09/2016 9:13:31 PM PST by politicianslie (What would a terrorist do if he were made POTUS? : Exactly what Hussein Obama is doing)
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