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> They have delivered cheap and green electricity and weaned us off fossil fuels gradually.

I'm sorry we're just living in fantasy land now.

We're not weaned off fossils. Not even close. That's just a lie.

In the UK solar and wind went from < 5% to 30% in the last 7 years because it's cheap to build. Nuclear's growth has been zero because it's ridiculously expensive.

180 MW today.

https://grid.iamkate.com/ says 4.5 GW or 13% today.

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