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> Nuclear does not scale Tell that to France, who have been sourcing the vast majority of their energy from nuclear for decades and, other than territories wit

> Nuclear does not scale Tell that to France, who have been sourcing the vast majority of their energy from nuclear for decades and, other than territories with the geography to support large amounts of hydro, are the only country to ALREADY have a low-carbon, stable energy supply. So, instead of opting for a low-carbon solution which is already in place and proven to work, we want build renewables alone, depending the on decades-away storage technology needed to stabilize their intermittence. In the meantime, we either back renewables with nuclear, or we back them with fossil fuels. They are your options.

lispm 7y ago
That was decades ago with outdated technology. We have 2020. Checkout the current demand and current capabilities of France. France has only one extremely expensive reactor under construction (though it soon needs to replace many), with cost overrun, time delays and technology problems. If France, a modern economy, can't deal with it, how should countries like China or India, which are each 20 times larger deal with it? France has less than 70 million people. The actual growth is in Asia and Africa - and the growth is about countries with a billion people, like China or India.