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Indeed, central and eastern Europe are some of the worst places on Earth for renewable energy. They are "nuclear's last stand". What this means, though, is that in a post-fossil world energy intensive industries will simply move elsewhere. Why build your aluminum smelter in an energy ghetto?

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I would add Canada and Alaska, but I think you are right, only Europe has high population and poor conditions for renewables - a terrible combination.

This is not about industry, they need to run their economy, residential heating, etc.

Canada isn't great for many renewables, but hydro supplies most of its power. There's only a couple outlier provinces using coal.

Most of Ontario's power comes from nuclear energy. And Ontario is the biggest economic zone in Canada.

That's wrong. 34% of Ontario's power comes from nuclear energy.

58% as per https://www.ieso.ca//en/Learn/Ontario-Electricity-Grid/Suppl...

> Most of the electricity produced in Ontario is generated at nuclear and hydro plants...

Nuclear: 58%

Hydro: 24%

Like I said, most of Ontario's power comes from nuclear.

You're right. My mistake was reading the capacity numbers.

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