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In the USA, renewables provide two-thirds as much power as nuclear. If you want to claim nuclear is major, you have to accept renewables are too.
by flashman 8y ago
In the USA, renewables provide two-thirds as much power as nuclear. If you want to claim nuclear is major, you have to accept renewables are too.
- merpnderp 8y agoThat's not the whole truth. That two-thirds is often backed by often stand-by NatGas generators, complicating the issue on if those additional plants should be counted separately.
- DennisP 8y agoBut it's not fair to group a bunch of different power sources all under "renewable." Nuclear is at 20%, the biggest renewable is hydro at 7.4%, followed by wind at 6.3%. I might call all of those reasonably major. But solar PV falls way behind at 1.2%, geothermal is 0.4%, and solar thermal only 0.1%. I'd call those minor. https://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.php?id=427&t=3 https://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.php?id=427&t=3
- DoctorOetker 8y agowhat's not fair is not the "grouping", but the consideration of "major"... to assess the merits of each approach to set their fractions you compare their intensive properties not their extensive ones.
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- macspoofing 8y agoWhat percentage of that renewable power generation is not backed by traditional fossil or nuclear based generator? I guess 0% This why nuclear power should be THE answer to global warming. But it isn't ... Nuke industry is dead and it is still disparaged by large swaths of environmentalists.