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Wind and solar have peaks and valleys of production, requiring some storage to meet demand. Meanwhile, nuclear can be used for carbon sequestration at geoengine
by goda90 7y ago
Wind and solar have peaks and valleys of production, requiring some storage to meet demand. Meanwhile, nuclear can be used for carbon sequestration at geoengineering scales when it's not being used by the grid.
- gdubs 7y agoCould you explain a little more? I think you’re saying that if we have carbon sequestration machines but their constraint is that they take a lot of power to run, we can use nuclear to run those machine. Is that right? Or is there some other carbon sequestration potential of nuclear power that I’m missing?
- ethbro 7y agoBelieve parent is comparing and contrasting the problems inherent in intermittent renewables vs nuclear. Intermittent renewables (in scenarios shy of wanton overbuilding) result in deficits, which requires energy storage to address. Energy storage (aside from pumped hydro) is pretty carbon-messy. Surplus, on the other hand, can be bled off into energy-negative carbon sequestration. There's obviously lots of other points, but it's mostly fair under economically realistic scenarios.