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We need 70 times more nuclear power than we have now to replace 50% of fossil fuel usage. Other 50% can be renewable
by mavhc 8y ago
We need 70 times more nuclear power than we have now to replace 50% of fossil fuel usage. Other 50% can be renewable
- vbuwivbiu 8y agoor 100% renewable
- imtringued 8y agoLet's be honest 100% renewable is going to be expensive. I'd say 80% is the limit unless power2gas becomes economical.
- maxnoe 8y agoThe article states, that 19 percent of power was provided by nuclear plants in the US. For what is your factor of 70?
- mavhc 8y agoBecause we also need to replace all fossil fuels used to move things, heat things, etc. 100% renewable would require something like 10000 gigafactories to make batteries, probably not sensible. 50% means we don't need trillions of batteries. that's assuming everyone moves to only use 2kW of energy, instead of 6 for North America and 4 for Europe. Hopefully switching to electricity will account for most of those savings.