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> Nuclear provides 20% of our power today .. It does? I'm not finding any citations that support that. The largest figure I'm seeing is ~ 10% > ... and woul
by Jedd 5y ago
> Nuclear provides 20% of our power today ..
It does? I'm not finding any citations that support that. The largest figure I'm seeing is ~ 10%
> ... and would have provided 100% of our power today if we hadn't stopped building in the 80s and had merely kept up the pace.
Well if we'd embraced solar + wind + storage systems in the 80's or earlier, we'd be 100% solar / wind by now. Academic counter-factuals are often equal parts fascinating and depressing.
- jsnell 5y agoYou might be defining "our" differently. You're correct worldwide. The GP is probably correct if they're talking of their home country. Only 30 countries in the world have any nuclear powerplants, with a median of about 20%. e.g. US and Russia are at that level.