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That graph just really says it all haha. It’s all we need to look at. Which way are the arrows pointing? No need for millions of words trying to justify and
by Mistletoe 4y ago
That graph just really says it all haha. It’s all we need to look at. Which way are the arrows pointing? No need for millions of words trying to justify and explain a way for nuclear to work.
- mikeyouse 4y agoAnd PV is now off the bottom scale of that chart.. Some combination of overbuilding PV and Wind capacity + ever-improving battery tech "won" the energy market. Gas peakers and other stand-by sources will contribute for decades to come but when they're pricing out new nuclear builds at >$0.10/kwh wholesale, no amount of "but capacity factor!" will matter.
- yashap 4y agoSolar and wind are fantastic, cheap sources of power, but they have their limits. They generate power when the sun shines and the wind blows, which is not necessarily when humans need it. We still aren’t very good at storing this power for use later, at large scales, in cost effective ways. So for now solar/wind needs to be paired with power sources we have greater control over, which mostly means nuclear, coal, natural gas, hydro, etc.
- Mistletoe 4y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-voltage_direct_current https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-voltage_direct_current
- eternityforest 4y agoBy the time we cover all the daytime load with solar, they will probably have better batteries though.
- throwaway4aday 4y agoBy then we'll probably have figured out fusion too.