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And yet, France converted their grid to 80% nuclear in twenty years. Maybe we should do whatever they did.
by DennisP 7y ago
And yet, France converted their grid to 80% nuclear in twenty years. Maybe we should do whatever they did.
- jjoonathan 7y agoThe US is 20% nuclear, maybe we should do whatever we did. Congrats to solar, btw, for finally breaking into the single digit percentages.
- Jedd 7y agoAnd yet five years ago the French government committed to dropping their nuclear power generation from 75% to 50% by 2025. Last year this was revised out by ten years -- same target, though, but aiming for 50%. So one country briefly had three quarters of their power coming from nuclear, and this country's typically held up as the poster child of nuclear fission, and they're moving away from it.
- petre 7y ago50% nuclear is enough to achieve 100% clean energy today. It wasn't enough 50 years ago when renewables were expensive. Basically it has to provide base load power which is supplemented with renewables and peaker plants.
- godelski 7y agoExactly! This is what we want to do with nuclear. Pro-nuclear isn't anti-renewable (we want diversified energy portfolios, not a single source. That'd be ridiculous). It is about load balancing. If we can load balance with renewables and cheaper than nuclear options, then let's do it. Let's just not load balance with fossil fuels.