Also, what storage problem? This argument seems to pop up in a lot of HN threads where somebody just pulls this out of the head "We must do nuclear because OMG

Also, what storage problem? This argument seems to pop up in a lot of HN threads where somebody just pulls this out of the head "We must do nuclear because OMG storage". Storage is an super easy problem with plenty of low tech solutions. Can you name one solution that will allow us to store, say, 3 days worth of US daily energy use? Please, show me the math. I did the math and it didn’t seem even close to feasible given today technology. E.g. France and a few other countries used to dump it in the oceans until people figured out that was a pretty horrible idea. It’s horrible, because throwing away what mostly is still good fuel that’s not economical to reprocess compared to fresh fuel is stupid. It’s not really horrible otherwise. Storage is needed for short term fluctuations. The rest we can handle with overcapacity and interconnecting sites of production and some battery deployments. How much overcapacity exactly we need with the amount of storage you assume? Please, show me the math. I did the math and with feasible amount of storage, the amount of extra capacity required is insane.