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Nuclear still makes sense now. We can't just aim to have our current electricity needs be filled by renewables, we need to plan for even more electricity for ve
by goda90 5y ago
Nuclear still makes sense now. We can't just aim to have our current electricity needs be filled by renewables, we need to plan for even more electricity for vehicles and industrial processes that currently depend on fossil fuels. Not to mention the large amount of residential furnace and water heaters that also depend on fossil fuels. And if we're ever going to start really sequestering carbon, having excess energy from nuclear is going to help a ton.
- throwawayboise 5y agoCarbon sequestration makes more sense for intermittently-available renewables since it can happen when the sun is shining or the wind is blowing and doesn't need massive battery storage otherwise. Nuclear makes much more sense for base load electric needs for homes and industry.
- fmajid 5y agoCarbon sequestration is inefficient if you are doing it on diffuse CO2 in the air, as opposed to a concentrated stream from an industrial process like a cement factory. Battery electric storage, or redox flow batteries, or even hydrogen are more likely to work in remote locations.
- wolverine876 5y agoBoris Johnson isn't doing it because it makes sense, but for political benefits. Who benefits? Who is making money? 10 years ago I thought nuclear was the clear answer - that we should do a moon-shot style massive project to develop a new generation of reactors and build them worldwide. I'm not against nuclear. But there's an important political dimension also, and to talk as if it's decided on technological merits is to implicitly spread the BS.