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The coal plant will just bill you double thf amojnt when there is no wind/sun. Examples of renewable in Spain and Germany have shown that you still need an alt
by pyrale 8y ago
The coal plant will just bill you double thf amojnt when there is no wind/sun.
Examples of renewable in Spain and Germany have shown that you still need an alternative source of energy - you just reduce its usage.
Nuclear, on the other hand, provide the opportunity to eliminate coal/gas.
- toomuchtodo 8y ago> The coal plant will just bill you double thf amojnt when there is no wind/sun. Which prompts users to install battery storage (which, in the US, is eligible for a 30% federal tax credit, not to mention state and local incentives in some cases). If the coal plant can bill you double, so can the nuclear power plant. You can't charge me for the sun on my roof, nor the energy I store in my Powerwall.
- pyrale 8y agoThe nuke plant can charge you double... except if you can import power. At that point, the problem nuclear runs into is that coal/gas is more adapted to fluctuating demand. So nuclear has to face excess production from wind/solar exported by e.g. Germany at times, and can't make up for it when wind/sun is offline, because the germans then adapt with gas. That is kind of a bad situation if you optimize for co2. Also power walls are not a scalable solution. The raw ressource just isn't there for it to happen.