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This was the common mantra ca. 15 yes ago on Slashdot that made you look extremely in-the-know, with that ineffable quality of genius that cynicism is often mis
by KarlKemp 5y ago
This was the common mantra ca. 15 yes ago on Slashdot that made you look extremely in-the-know, with that ineffable quality of genius that cynicism is often mistaken for.
Have you read anything in the intervening decade-and-a-half? Battery and solar power prices have come down by 90%+. Wind by 70%. (https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/li-ion-battery-price-2.png https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/li-io... for batteries, https://static.dw.com/image/56696354_7.png https://static.dw.com/image/56696354_7.png for the rest). Nuclear power is more expensive than ever, and easily 3x as much as the alternatives.
- Pxtl 5y agoMy point is that nowhere has successfully done it. No jurisdiction that I know of has completed a changeover to zero-carbon emissions power based on their wind/solar production, while there are several that have been quietly humming along on 100% nuclear for years. While there have been massive advancements in wind/solar, the only tech that has been successfully used to create the backbone of a zero-carbon power-grid is nuclear.