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How long will it take to build all those nuclear plants? Not sure there’s enough time. It seems rapid deployment of solar where its most effective would be the

How long will it take to build all those nuclear plants? Not sure there’s enough time. It seems rapid deployment of solar where its most effective would be the quickest route to effect change.

adrianN 6y ago
It would probably best if we did both at the same time. They use mostly independent resources.
bradlys 6y ago
Quickest route to any change. Quickest route to a complete solution, probably not. Solar is nice but it still requires factories being built too. I don’t think we have all the factories in place to just build out solar to where we could replace most everything with solar. And solar only covers half of the day anyway.
swebs 6y ago
>How long will it take to build all those nuclear plants? About 7.5 years if you start them all at the same time. http://euanmearns.com/how-long-does-it-take-to-build-a-nuclear-power-plant/ http://euanmearns.com/how-long-does-it-take-to-build-a-nucle... How long would it take to deploy that solar energy system, as well as figuring out a storage solution to overcome the problem of the duck curve? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duck_curve https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duck_curve
- nabeards 6y ago
  ‘Where it’s most effective’ == places that use their energy during the day, e.g, any place close-ish to the equator that needs daytime cooling. Solar farms can be deployed at large scale in less than three years. Here’s India adding 7 MW in that timeframe: https://www.greenlaunches.com/alternative-energy/less-three-years-india-sees-three-fold-rise-solar-power-generation-capacity-currently-10000-megawatts.php https://www.greenlaunches.com/alternative-energy/less-three-... We do have lots of solar panels and lots of solar panel manufacturing capacity. I don’t think we have the nuclear resources we need to produce as fast.

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How long will it take to build all those nuclear plants? Not sure there’s enough time. It seems rapid deployment of solar where its most effective would be the

by nabeards 6y ago

How long will it take to build all those nuclear plants? Not sure there’s enough time. It seems rapid deployment of solar where its most effective would be the quickest route to effect change.

adrianN 6y ago
It would probably best if we did both at the same time. They use mostly independent resources.
bradlys 6y ago
Quickest route to any change. Quickest route to a complete solution, probably not. Solar is nice but it still requires factories being built too. I don’t think we have all the factories in place to just build out solar to where we could replace most everything with solar. And solar only covers half of the day anyway.
swebs 6y ago
>How long will it take to build all those nuclear plants? About 7.5 years if you start them all at the same time. http://euanmearns.com/how-long-does-it-take-to-build-a-nuclear-power-plant/ http://euanmearns.com/how-long-does-it-take-to-build-a-nucle... How long would it take to deploy that solar energy system, as well as figuring out a storage solution to overcome the problem of the duck curve? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duck_curve https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duck_curve
- nabeards 6y ago
  ‘Where it’s most effective’ == places that use their energy during the day, e.g, any place close-ish to the equator that needs daytime cooling. Solar farms can be deployed at large scale in less than three years. Here’s India adding 7 MW in that timeframe: https://www.greenlaunches.com/alternative-energy/less-three-years-india-sees-three-fold-rise-solar-power-generation-capacity-currently-10000-megawatts.php https://www.greenlaunches.com/alternative-energy/less-three-... We do have lots of solar panels and lots of solar panel manufacturing capacity. I don’t think we have the nuclear resources we need to produce as fast.