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Yeah - renewables are quicker to bring online, and allow for faster iteration and innovation. If Australia currently had nuclear power plants I definitely would
by bjz_ 8y ago
Yeah - renewables are quicker to bring online, and allow for faster iteration and innovation. If Australia currently had nuclear power plants I definitely wouldn't be in favour of shutting them down, but it seems a better bet to invest in the renewable energy.
- solarkraft 8y agoI's better long-term. Storage of nuclear waste is a close-to-unmanageable risk. Countries that haven't started are lucky because every part of a nuclear power plant is incredibly difficult to get rid of.
- perilunar 8y ago> Storage of nuclear waste is a close-to-unmanageable risk Not in Australia it isn't. We have very large areas of geologically stable, sparsely populated land. Some of it is even already contaminated by nuclear tests in the 50s.