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Tens of thousands of innocents dead? Uh… No. I would think there were far more effective methods that should have been used.
Tens of thousands of innocents dead? Uh… No. I would think there were far more effective methods that should have been used.
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This take is so incredibly ignorant of history and reality I can’t even…
People have a hard-on about nuclear being “baseload” power and renewables being intermittent. Solar/wind plus batteries to add dispatchability is a valid comparison to nuclear if you only want to talk about baseload.
Because other drivers are blinded…
This is due to corporate greed. Solar and wind are the cheapest sources of energy in the history of the world.
Even current lithium-based battery storage is already cheaper than nuclear.
Hydro is often turned on and off as pumped storage. Nuclear never is
Out of those you listed, nuclear is the least flexible in terms of output regulation. PV with batteries is the most flexible.
Yeah the poster above you is wrong. Solar is WAY less than half the price.
Solar plus batteries are already cheaper than nuclear, and only going down. Nuclear has always gotten more expensive over time. For the cost of the most recently completed nuclear plant in the US they could have built 12 times the nameplate capacity worth of solar with 24 hours of battery backup. (A totally unnecessary amount of dispatchability.)
Solar and batteries easily “pay” for their manufacturing carbon emissions within 1-2 years max (as does nuclear). This payback period only goes down as the grid gets greener.
I want everything to be toggle switches. If I could get a keyboard made of 105 classic toggle switches it would be worth the effort to type with it.
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It smells and feels awful, though.
You could build an entirely new solar, wind, and battery supply chain from the mines to the factories in a quarter of the time it takes to build a single nuclear plant.
Except throughout the history of nuclear power it has always gotten more expensive, regardless of time period, learning curve, adoption curve, or any other variable you care to consider. Solar, wind, and batteries have always gotten cheaper and continue to do so.
Battery storage is already cheaper than nuclear.
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You can build entirely new solar supply chains from mining through manufacturing faster than a single new nuclear plant.
The fact that you are even considering CSP shows you know nothing about the current state of renewables. What’s more likely is you’re parroting or copy-pasting some bullshit talking points from a right wing think tank. Nukes have ALWAYS gotten more expensive. I’m waiting for any production plant SMR, MSR whatever to buck this trend but it hasn’t happened.
It’s an issue for perovskite cells. “Traditional” silicon cells (which makes up probably 90+% of current installs) last 40+ years.