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> pledge to be free of fossil fueled power plants by 2025 Unlike pledges, which can be produced instantly, actually bringing reliable power online takes more t

by rsj_hn 5y ago

> pledge to be free of fossil fueled power plants by 2025 Unlike pledges, which can be produced instantly, actually bringing reliable power online takes more than 3 years. It's these types of pledges that make the public view these replacement efforts as fundamentally unserious. Don't get me wrong, I'm a big fan of nuclear and think the industrialized west should follow in France's footsteps. But we will not get there by 2025. We may never get there as long as we approach this problem in such an unserious manner.

belorn 5y ago
The parent post is claiming that the storage solutions are right now cheaper than the alternatives. If they are already here in terms of costs then bringing them online should be fairly quick ordeal. I agree with you however that it will take much longer than 3 years. Lithium batteries can be done today for the kind of storage solution which they are suitable, but not for wind. The green hydrogen might work, but we have yet to see large scale production and we are nowhere near to have it operate as an alternative to natural gas on a nation scale. Germany should really make an attempt if they wish to take a different path from France, but it will likely take a few decades if its successful.