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Nuclear power offers large scale production with a reduced physical footprint. For instance, New York city would be more suited to the physical logistics of a n
by Meandering 7y ago
Nuclear power offers large scale production with a reduced physical footprint. For instance, New York city would be more suited to the physical logistics of a nuclear power plant. The availability of light(winter months) and land area doesn't play well for solar/wind generation. I'm not saying it couldn't be done but, I doubt New York will be able to go 100% renewable for decades, if not a century.
- pfdietz 7y agoIf only there were things called "transmission lines" that could carry power hundreds of miles and concentrate it into locations with high power use. And as I argued, renewables don't have to go 100% to kill nuclear. Just forcing nuclear to be intermittent, when the renewables and short term storage are not available, is sufficient.