The graph below shows electricity production (in terawatt hours) in France between 1980 and 2012

The line graph compares the utilization of four commodities: thermal, nuclear, hydroelectric and renewables, in the generation of

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, in France, over thirty-two years: from 1980 to 2012.

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, albeit all resources fluctuated considerably, the trend of production of

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using nuclear witnessed an overwhelming escalation.

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, the other three resources remained unchanged throughout the specified period.

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the supplied line graph,

initially

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nuclear energy generated well over 50

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; the supply increased dramatically to precisely 400

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in 2000. The trend continued to remain before the outpu faced a minute deflect in 2008.

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, in the following years the production rate recovered quickly and boosted the rest of the timespan.

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, even though in 1980, the supply by thermal energy outnumbered nuclear energy, which numbered at just over 100

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, it halved in 1990,

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the said supply plateaued.

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, at the outset, the count of

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derived from hydroelectric stood at 50

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and continued the same trend for the remainder of the time.

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, renewable did not contribute to the

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production in France till 2005.