For once I wish the article was longer and would expand on the theme. For example, why did governments not think like this? Literally no country had this kind of policy. Even China_, which had so many long-term plans and executed them well, did not really overbuilt in terms of energy. They built the long-distance DC lines, which is a good start, but no generation capacity afaict.
PS. Actually France kind of did [1], but then they stopped.
PS. Actually France kind of did [1], but then they stopped.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_in_France#Messme...