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Good thing that wind power is stronger in the winter, thus complementary to solar energy.

> They are not, not even close, and this is even ignoring how nuclear power in France subsidizes solar/wind in a deliberate, systemic way.

Source? Do you also want to tell us about the subsidiaries of nuclear energy in France?

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And of course the main way nuclear got help more from subsidies is the huge early amounts of taxpayer funds poured into its R&D and military use since the 40s - if wind and solar had gotten even half of that, renewables would be decades further along and further down the cost curve by now.

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