France’s Le Pen says she will take down wind turbines if elected

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  1. > French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen said on Thursday she would end all subsidies for renewable energy and take down France’s wind turbines if she is elected next year.

    Why are right-wingers such morons?

  2. Even if you’re pro-nuclear like me, this does not make any fucking sense. Why remove stuff before they have to go (they indeed have a lifetime) ? That’s pure political gesticulation to attract the few who actually deeply hate wind turbines (yes, they exist).

  3. This headline is half the story.

    Le Pen is 100% nuclear. There is no way forward from the climate crisis that does not involve nuclear power, and hippies just have to get over that.

    But it is exceptionally wasteful to remove the infrastructure that is already in place for renewables, or to hamstring a renewable industry that creates jobs.

    Reactors just don’t roll off of assembly lines in 18 months. They are multi year, multi billion dollar undertakings. You’re going to need those turbines. By the time they reach the end of their useful life, then hopefully you will have the reactors in place.

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