It's been operational for decades and though there are ecosystem issues on the river it has been a success.

France has good off-shore wind possibilities but they've been stymied by the far right and EDF's obsession with nuclear. We've eventually got an off-shore wind farm at Saint-Brieuc but it's taken years to get built.

I looked up the story of that tidal farm, it's a sad story.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paimpol%E2%80%93Br%C3%A9hat_tidal_farm

There are lots of technical issues with tidal power but it seems as if they are not even trying.

However EDF hates, tidal, solar and wind and wants the tax payer to pony up for the billions for their shiny new ERP reactors...

Off the coast of Brittany they have one of the largest min-max difference in the tides: it's meters. I can't wait to see that energy harnessed.

Also, "starting in June, the government will subsidize 50,000 more electric vehicles through reduced-rate leases for high-mileage drivers hit by fuel price spikes, such as health aides, nurses and tradespeople who rely on cars for work. Businesses will get aid for electric vans and trucks, up to €100,000 per vehicle – including, for instance, cargo bikes sought by last-mile delivery firms."

https://www.lemonde.fr/en/environment/article/2026/04/10/france-announces-ban-on-gas-boilers-in-new-buildings-starting-in-2027_6752297_114.html

Still thinking inside the fossil fuel box.

Global energy crisis is ‘the mother of all crises’: Turkish energy minister

Turkiye is a key regional energy hub due to its investments, location and oil reserves, the minister tells Al Jazeera.

Al Jazeera (www.aljazeera.com)

The investment may be € 660 bn a year.
Sounds like a large number (it is) until you remember that Europe spends € 400 bn a year on fossil fuel imports.

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40% of jet fuel.
Europe needs to build out its high speed rail network to avoid repeated travel shocks.

The unintentionally greenest president ever.

In Bangladesh, the fuel shortages and panic have resulted in a spike in robberies, as people raid gas stations and fuel trucks in order to stockpile supplies."

The Strait of Hormuz Crisis Is Driving a Wave of Global Energy Rationing

Countries are rationing fuel, cutting flights, and paying families cash just to keep moving.

TIME (time.com)

Here is a look at some of the measures rolled ​out so far."

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Some governments reducing hours for government employees, cutting down on fuel needed for commuting.

Egypt's electricity ministry "said electricity prices for residential consumption bands of up to ​2,000 kilowatt-hours per month would remain unchanged, while tariffs for higher ​residential brackets would rise by an average of 16%. Commercial electricity prices across all ‌brackets ⁠would increase by an average of about 20%, it added.

The ministry said lower-consumption households would be shielded ​from the increases."

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This is what demand destruction looks like (besides families making their own decisions).

Also there is demand destruction as governments and people conserve energy to save money.

Bloomberg - Are you a robot?

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because they’re never short-term
– they’re always long-term infrastructure investments of sorts.”

“It’s not sustainable to rely on coal,”
added Dinita Setyawati, senior energy analyst for Asia at thinktank Ember,
who is based in Jakarta.

“Homegrown renewables are definitely the way to go to improve more energy security and resilience.”

Across Asia countries are searching for ways to reduce energy consumption,
with the Philippines and Sri Lanka introducing four-days weeks for many government staff,
and Vietnam encouraging people work from home.

Bangladesh closed its universities early,
bringing forward the Eid al-Fitr holidays,
and has introduced more planned blackouts,

while Pakistan has moved schools to remote online teaching.

Gloystein added it will take years to recover LNG supplies.

“This isn’t a short-term thing
– people hope that next week there will be some form of a climb down or ceasefire
and then we’ll go back to normal,” he said.

“This is going to stay with us for a while
because the damage that has been done,
it’s going to take years to repair.”

@CelloMomOnCars @kim_harding

Almost 30bn cubic meters of LNG has been removed from global supply chains, of which more than 80% is missing in the Indo-Pacific region.

Gloystein added it will take years to recover LNG supplies."

Asia ramps up use of dirty fuels to cover energy shortfall triggered by Iran war

South Korea will delay the shutdown of coal-fired plants, while the Philippines also plans to boost the output of its coal-burning plants

the Guardian (www.theguardian.com)

JET FUEL SEEN AS MOST EXPOSED
The last kerosene shipments that ‌passed ⁠through the Strait of Hormuz before its closure are due to arrive in Europe around April 10."

reuters.com

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On reduction:
There's price, and there's carbon emissions.

Oil products have a relatively inelastic demand: People in rural areas still must use their car, trucks must deliver the goods, etc. In such a situation even a small reduction of consumption is enough to bring prices down significantly, even though carbon emissions are not cut by much.

Interesting!

This bears out many studies that say that when people walk places (as you do when you get off the train), you tend to start enjoying yourself, look around more carefully, maybe see something you want to buy, sit down for coffee after a while, all that. Actually the worst for local businesses is people who blow by in their steel boxes on wheels oblivious of what you have to offer.