Published: November 7th, 2011 at 4:37 pm ET
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Nov. 7 — “François Hollande, the socialist candidate in the forthcoming presidential elections who has a hefty lead over Nicolas Sarkozy, the incumbent, has proposed cutting the nuclear sector’s share of electricity provision to just half by 2030 from 82 per cent today,” reports the Financial Times.
Hollande’s political party says, “France could replace much of its nuclear power supply from renewable sources such as wind farms and solar panels and a reduction in energy use,” according to the article.
According to Financial Times, the proposal is “to cut France’s reliance on nuclear energy for its electricity supply to 50 per cent within the next two decades would cost about €60bn ($82bn) to deliver, according to an influential industry lobby group representing EDF and GDF Suez.”
Senior nuclear executives accused Hollande of being “dictated to by his emotions,” said the report.
Published: November 7th, 2011 at 4:37 pm ET
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Sorry to say that i have the proof here that ENENEWS throw bunch of bullshit on the face of people( that are most likely willing to swallow seems to be).
I am French, i live in Paris and the news are QUITE DIFFERENT:
French article today:
“PARIS – Nucléaire: Hollande “préservera la construction d’un EPR”
PARIS – Le candidat PS à l’élection présidentielle François Hollande s’est engagé, lundi soir, en matière nucléaire à “préserver la construction d’un EPR” (réacteur nucléaire de troisième génération).
“Je suis pour une diminution de la part du nucléaire dans la production d’électricité. 75% de nucléaire, c’est trop élevé par rapport à ce que nous devons faire en matière de diversification des sources d’énergie mais je préserverai la construction d’un EPR, à la condition bien sûr que toutes les règles de sécurité soient respectées”, a déclaré François Hollande sur France 2, en réponse à une question sur l’avenir de l’EPR à Flamanville en cours de construction.
[MODERATOR: For copyright reasons, the rest of article can now be seen here http://www.20minutes.fr/article/819318/nucleaire-hollande-preservera-construction-epr
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PARIS – The PS candidate for president Francois Hollande pledged on Monday night in the nuclear field to “preserve the construction of an EPR” (third-generation nuclear reactor).
“I am for a declining share of nuclear in electricity generation. 75% nuclear is too high compared to what we should do in terms of diversification of energy sources but I will preserve the building of an EPR, provided of course that all safety rules are followed, “said François Hollande on France 2 in response to a question about the future of the EPR at Flamanville in construction.
François Hollande has also promised to “the principle of accountability, justice and consistency in the heart of (its) commitments.”
PARIS – Nuclear: Holland “preserve the construction of an EPR” (nuclear power plant of third generation)
“If Francois Hollande said no to stop the Flamanville, there will be no agreement” between Europe Ecologie-Les Verts and the PS in preparation for the 2002 elections, warned Sunday Eva Joly, candidate for EELV the presidential election.
Cécile Duflot, national secretary of Ecology-The Greens Europe (EE-LV), had already warned last weekend that his party could not find “a point of compromise” with the PS “if we continue to build power plants ruinous as the EPR “Flamanville.
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So… We are quite far from the headlines of ene”news”…
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EneNews article looks legit to me. Thanks, Sun Rising, for making me due my own due diligence and look up the story myself…haven’t done that in a while:
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/11/07/france-nuclear-idUSL6E7M73VU20111107
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It’s a beggining of a new world if France is talking about reducing nuclear:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-11-07/french-nuclear-pullout-would-cost-billions-increase-emissions-lobby-says.html
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Even France can not ignore the danger of nuclear anymore! They will have to reconsider. Look, they can not even cool their nuclear power stations in the summer because of drought. And most of them are antiquated. It is high time to build something new, and for sure that won`t be more nuclear plants.
Germany, Belgium, Italy, switzerland end nuclear – others will follow. Fukushima may perhaps be the end of mankind, but it will for sure be the end of nuclear power. That was my first thought in march when I first heard about it and it is even more since I know the scale of the disaster.
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Sadly Sarkozy as Cameron in england are pro lobby, and the way they were licking Obama’s shoes at G20 was disguting too.
You are aware that they literally asked Merkel to give them all the Gold of Germany to backup their phony financial system… Basicaly..
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Yes I am aware of that. It doesn`t scare me because
- I always expect the worst
- I heard long time ago that our gold reserves are stored in USA since decades, so they are pointless
It hast to be bullshit if Merkel, Sarkozy and people like that are involved…
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This is the big S… Then.
Those people are just career politician that doesn’t want to lose their jobs and privilege, at the end of day, it always comes down to that, i guess…
Of course they are involved, just in the way to sit were they are told to, no more no less.
Are you German ? You might know this video then about the new law that just was ratified in Bruxelles..
http://ec.europa.eu/economy_finance/articles/financial_operations/2011-07-11-esm-treaty_en.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=rFTbIGahzhU
Bests
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Yes, I am German. That new law is pure horror but it is just the next logical step after all the other bad things those criminals did to us. And we can`t do anything against it. It comes over us just like the worldwide nuclear mafia. There will be no happy end to all this I am afraid.
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max kaiser is doing a nice line in revolution!! coming to a town hall near you soon … hopefully!
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raised my hopes… and then dashed onto the rocks….made a good headline… @admin better hang on to it anyway as we might be needing it later…lol hopefully!!
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I would love to believe in it, but i am more of a pragmatic…
French election are next April, and F. Holland is looking toward an association with the green party, against Marine Lepen which is the favorite by now.
Read again the translate speak he made, and just detect the nuances…
He wants to reduce the 75% of nuclear energy (to what ? 74% ?) but in the same he supports the building of new nuclear power plants of third generation…
Pre-electoral cognitive dissonance ???
But most importantly, 80% all the law in France (as the other country in Europe) are direct order form Bruxelles lobbyist… Actually since the European Union, governments have no legislative power anymore.
This is the sad true, and the people who think those guy will do what they intend to do, will be quite upset…
And i even don’t speak about the MES, that was voted this summer in Bruxelles..
http://www.consilium.europa.eu/media/1216793/esm%20treaty%20en.pdf
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yay for less nukes…whatever it takes.
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Hollande doesn’t want massive cuts to the nuclear industry. Decreasing it by 1/3 in 25 years isn’t a hard cut. On sunday the ecologist candidate Eva Joly said she wouldn’t pair with him because he was for the construction of the new nuclear plant (EPR) in Flamanville.
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Let’s hope that the locality’s name doesn’t foretell a future … something, something…%*#@
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Don’t expect anything from François Holland. He is a candidate of the system.
Holland will promess ANYTHING to the sheeps to win the elections in 2012. He is as corrupted as Sarkozy is.
In fact, nobody can be elected in France without the nuclear power lobby approbal. The French nuclear industry will not stop because it is one of the few industrial sectors that still brings money to the country.
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It’s not clear who commands whom in this game.
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+100 You are so right…politicians come and go, but the real leaders remain faceless behind boardroom doors.
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