> it seems very surprising to speculate that popular nuclear has overshadowed poor unpopular renewables. Depends on your social circles or information sources

> it seems very surprising to speculate that popular nuclear has overshadowed poor unpopular renewables. Depends on your social circles or information sources I guess. What I get from mine (including HN) is that nuclear power is the correct technocratic solution to the world's problems. It has no downsides. Meanwhile renewables are ugly and not worth the investment. And I am only exaggerating a little. > We've pumped a huge amount of money and time into talking about and researching and building renewables, with a much smaller promise of return. I don't understand this, and also don't agree with it. The yearly new photovoltaic installed capacity is reaching hundreds of GWp. Even with a load factor of 15% it's adding much more capacity than we ever could with current nuclear technologies. And also much cheaper. The typically conservative IEA predicts new 600 GWp/year in 2030, but already in 2022 the world has added 268 GWp (according to BNEF) and will hit over 300 this year. Yes, the storage and smarter grids need attention. But overall renewables are absolutely worth the money and time they get.