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Frankly we just don’t need nuclear You lambast the actual statistics cited, but fail to provide anything yourself. How much TW is currently produced globally b

Frankly we just don’t need nuclear You lambast the actual statistics cited, but fail to provide anything yourself. How much TW is currently produced globally by Nuclear, and how much Solar or other renewables? What is the timeframe until there is parity?

bhickey 8y ago
The biggest risk posed by nuclear power is that we don't build it and carbon levels rise to stratospheric heights.
codingdave 8y ago
Some quick google-fu shows that renewables have already surpassed nuclear worldwide...
nl 8y ago
Eyeballing [1] (from 2016) it looks like renewable will surpass nuclear sometime this year. [2] shows that "other" sources already has, but I think that includes hydro-electricity. [1] https://www.iea.org/newsroom/energysnapshots/oecd-electricity-production-by-source-1974-2016.html https://www.iea.org/newsroom/energysnapshots/oecd-electricit... [2] https://www.eia.gov/outlooks/aeo/data/browser/#/?id=2-IEO2017&region=0-0&cases=Reference&start=2010&end=2050&f=A&linechart=~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Reference-d082317.76-2-IEO2017~Reference-d082317.77-2-IEO2017~Reference-d082317.78-2-IEO2017~Reference-d082317.79-2-IEO2017~Reference-d082317.80-2-IEO2017~Reference-d082317.81-2-IEO2017&ctype=linechart&sourcekey=0 https://www.eia.gov/outlooks/aeo/data/browser/#/?id=2-IEO201...
- korantu 8y ago
  True, but great majority of the renewables cited into the report is hydro, which is not very portable and cannot be considered as way forward.. not even mentioning all the flooding it causes
  - nl 8y ago
    Read the first link again. That splits out hydro and shows other renewables are (as I said) about to surpass nuclear.
    - StreamBright 8y ago
      If we keep turning off nuclear power plants just like Germany.
      - nl 8y ago
        By my eyeballed guess, it doesn't need any reduction in nuclear power for the renewable sources to surpass it. The nuclear line looks more or less horizontal to me.

bhickey 8y ago

The biggest risk posed by nuclear power is that we don't build it and carbon levels rise to stratospheric heights.

codingdave 8y ago

Some quick google-fu shows that renewables have already surpassed nuclear worldwide...

nl 8y ago

Eyeballing [1] (from 2016) it looks like renewable will surpass nuclear sometime this year. [2] shows that "other" sources already has, but I think that includes hydro-electricity. [1] https://www.iea.org/newsroom/energysnapshots/oecd-electricity-production-by-source-1974-2016.html https://www.iea.org/newsroom/energysnapshots/oecd-electricit... [2] https://www.eia.gov/outlooks/aeo/data/browser/#/?id=2-IEO2017&region=0-0&cases=Reference&start=2010&end=2050&f=A&linechart=~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Reference-d082317.76-2-IEO2017~Reference-d082317.77-2-IEO2017~Reference-d082317.78-2-IEO2017~Reference-d082317.79-2-IEO2017~Reference-d082317.80-2-IEO2017~Reference-d082317.81-2-IEO2017&ctype=linechart&sourcekey=0 https://www.eia.gov/outlooks/aeo/data/browser/#/?id=2-IEO201...

korantu 8y ago
True, but great majority of the renewables cited into the report is hydro, which is not very portable and cannot be considered as way forward.. not even mentioning all the flooding it causes
- nl 8y ago
  Read the first link again. That splits out hydro and shows other renewables are (as I said) about to surpass nuclear.
  - StreamBright 8y ago
    If we keep turning off nuclear power plants just like Germany.
    - nl 8y ago
      By my eyeballed guess, it doesn't need any reduction in nuclear power for the renewable sources to surpass it. The nuclear line looks more or less horizontal to me.