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France built a bunch of them, they're still expensive and hard projects. People talk about economies of scales but there are only so many power plants you need to build in the world.

I'm sure there are strategies that could, at the very least, make things predictable. I think the biggest trouble with huge projects isn't so much the cost as it is the uncertainty.



Economies of scale work very well for wind farms funny that. If only the UK had a North Sea...


Wind energy is great. But it only works when the wind is blowing...




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