On the long-term, the French option of just running a low-carbon grid remains the obvious solution.
Sure, but I don't think the two ideas are really in conflict. A low-carbon grid should absolutely be the end goal, but even a mostly clean grid has hours that are cleaner than others
Yep. Poisoning the planet with nuclear wast for a million years. 40,000 generations of our children will be happy and thankful.