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Way more solar and wind than I thought. It seems Tony Seba is right. With batteries and EV they will displace everything else. Not that nuclear is evil on any
by alfor 4y ago
Way more solar and wind than I thought.
It seems Tony Seba is right.
With batteries and EV they will displace everything else.
Not that nuclear is evil on anything, but I don’t see how it will compete on price.
(I understand the need for baseload, stability, keep what works, etc)
- ZeroGravitas 4y agoTony has a new series of videos out this week, in which he basically says, told you so: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7vhMcKvHo8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7vhMcKvHo8
- yodsanklai 4y ago> Not that nuclear is evil on anything, but I don’t see how it will compete on price. What's the timeframe until we get 100% renewable? until then, nuclear will be needed and won't have to compete on price.
- toomuchtodo 4y ago“The roadmaps envision 80% conversion by 2030 and 100% by 2050.” [1] [2] Extrapolate out renewable and battery storage uptake rates. You won’t get the first kWh from a nuclear plant you start building today for at least a decade. Nuclear will have to compete on price so long as someone has to pay for it. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17998672 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17998672 [2] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2542435117300120 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S254243511...