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> Over the span of 15 years France went from 10% nuclear power to 80%. Ok, that's much more fair. Thanks for pointing out the fallacy. > we don't have a feasi

> Over the span of 15 years France went from 10% nuclear power to 80%. Ok, that's much more fair. Thanks for pointing out the fallacy. > we don't have a feasible plan to provide that much storage let alone how much it'd cost. I think part of the idea behind smart grid initiatives is to use electric vehicles as part of the storage mix: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_grid https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_grid Not sure if you're writing that off as unfeasible, but clearly there are solutions being thought about, and there are companies in the market today selling storage with costs going down every single year. It's not unreasonable to think that the 'feasible' plan for storage is to, well, simply buy/install it; which becomes cheaper every single year. Also, solar thermal plants (no storage required) are a thing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concentrated_solar_power https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concentrated_solar_power

sir_bearington 6y ago
> Not sure if you're writing that off as unfeasible, but clearly there are solutions being thought about, and there are companies in the market today selling storage with costs going down every single year. It's not unreasonable to think that the 'feasible' plan for storage is to, well, simply buy/install it; which becomes cheaper every single year. Yes, it is. There's enough known lithium deposits to produce 5 minutes worth of storage. With current mining techniques, there's an estimated 20 minutes worth of storage. [1] > Also, solar thermal plants (no storage required) are a thing: Solar thermal is more expensive than nuclear. 1. https://dercuano.github.io/notes/lithium-supplies.html https://dercuano.github.io/notes/lithium-supplies.html