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> 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 wil
by 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...