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"Yes, but solar energy is associated with DFHs while nuclear, gas and oil are all about corporate profits."

Yet, somehow, the country with the highest nuclear penetration has its entire park state-owned.
Funny how that works.

As for the UK, solar energy benefitted from absolutely huge subsidies that were actually a direct transfer to big houses owners. Not a policy likely to displease the right of course.

Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's need, but not every man's greed. Gandhi

by Cyrille (cyrillev domain yahoo.fr) on Fri Feb 10th, 2012 at 03:47:28 AM EST
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but isn't Areva a privately owned company?

'The history of public debt is full of irony. It rarely follows our ideas of order and justice.' Thomas Piketty
by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Fri Feb 10th, 2012 at 06:17:44 AM EST
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No, it's 90% state-owned : mostly through the CEA (Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique), founded by De Gaulle in 1945.

It is rightly acknowledged that people of faith have no monopoly of virtue - Queen Elizabeth II
by eurogreen on Fri Feb 10th, 2012 at 08:35:25 AM EST
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