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France to shut all coal-fired power stations by 2021, Macron declares
« on: January 25, 2018, 05:27:31 pm »
France to shut all coal-fired power stations by 2021, Macron declares
An ambitious climate change agenda from France's leader
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/france-coal-power-station-emmanuel-macron-davos-shut-2021-a8176796.html

Jeremy B White San Francisco 12 hours ago

French President Emmanuel Macron has pledged to shut all of his country’s coal-fired power plants by 2021.

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The 2021 goal sets a more aggressive target than the timeline advanced by Mr Macron’s predecessor, Francois Hollande, who sought to shut down the country’s coal-powered plants by 2023.

France only produces around 1 per cent of its energy from coal-fired stations, but the commitment is a signal that the country is determined to lead on climate issues. [...]
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Re: France to shut all coal-fired power stations by 2021, Macron declares
« Reply #1 on: January 25, 2018, 05:29:57 pm »
France only produces around 1 per cent of its energy from coal-fired stations, but the commitment is a signal that the country is determined to lead on climate issues.

We don't use this, but we are going to ban it just to make a worthless point.

BTW, isn't nuclear more dangerous to the environment than coal?
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Re: France to shut all coal-fired power stations by 2021, Macron declares
« Reply #2 on: January 26, 2018, 12:38:50 pm »
Quote from: Frank Cannon on January 25, 2018, 05:29:57 pm
France only produces around 1 per cent of its energy from coal-fired stations, but the commitment is a signal that the country is determined to lead on climate issues.

We don't use this, but we are going to ban it just to make a worthless point.

BTW, isn't nuclear more dangerous to the environment than coal?

No. Nuclear, especially the way the French do it, has a much smaller environmental footprint.
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Re: France to shut all coal-fired power stations by 2021, Macron declares
« Reply #3 on: January 26, 2018, 03:10:08 pm »
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No. Nuclear, especially the way the French do it, has a much smaller environmental footprint.

It seems insane we don't reprocess spent fuel like most of the world's nuclear powers.
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Re: France to shut all coal-fired power stations by 2021, Macron declares
« Reply #4 on: January 26, 2018, 03:16:30 pm »
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No. Nuclear, especially the way the French do it, has a much smaller environmental footprint.

Until it melts the reactor and gets into the ground water.
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Re: France to shut all coal-fired power stations by 2021, Macron declares
« Reply #5 on: January 26, 2018, 03:32:52 pm »
In other news candle makers announce a significant increase in sales.
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Re: France to shut all coal-fired power stations by 2021, Macron declares
« Reply #6 on: January 26, 2018, 03:33:41 pm »
Quote from: Frank Cannon on January 25, 2018, 05:29:57 pm
France only produces around 1 per cent of its energy from coal-fired stations, but the commitment is a signal that the country is determined to lead on climate issues.

We don't use this, but we are going to ban it just to make a worthless point.

BTW, isn't nuclear more dangerous to the environment than coal?

only if theres a tsumani
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Re: France to shut all coal-fired power stations by 2021, Macron declares
« Reply #7 on: January 26, 2018, 04:16:25 pm »
Quote from: jpsb on January 26, 2018, 03:16:30 pm
Until it melts the reactor and gets into the ground water.

There's far more groundwater contamination as a result of coal-fired generation, including from mining, air-deposition pathway, and ash leaching.
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Re: France to shut all coal-fired power stations by 2021, Macron declares
« Reply #8 on: January 26, 2018, 04:18:09 pm »
The Surrender Frogs and caving to the envirowhackos.  Anyone surprised with that?
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