One unfortunate but plausible take: wind and solar advocates correctly argue that nuclear cannot scale up, and nuclear advocates correctly argue that wind and s

One unfortunate but plausible take: wind and solar advocates correctly argue that nuclear cannot scale up, and nuclear advocates correctly argue that wind and solar cannot scale up. I have seen 15 years of peak-oil debate characterized this way. One figure-of-merit, seldom emphasized, is how many tonnes of material per MW are required to create a generating facility/installation. EDIT: That's a figure-of-demerit. MW/tonne would be the figure-of-merit, I suppose.