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I am curious what HN thinks of RFK Jr's position on nuclear power. He was a guest on the latest all-in podcast and went into his positions in-depth. Something

I am curious what HN thinks of RFK Jr's position on nuclear power. He was a guest on the latest all-in podcast and went into his positions in-depth. Something to the affect that nuclear is more expensive than other traditional and renewable sources. No traditional insurance company will insure nuclear plants. No traditional bank will finance nuclear builds. Nuclear power is still too risky to be considered as a viable power source. He adds, instead continue focus on wind and solar and improve transmission (using DC) to make it a viable power system for the US. Is he uninformed? Direct current (DC) is the worst kind of power type for long distance transmission. (Unless something has changed). My understanding is that solar and wind generated power has shown not to be consistent enough and too localized to currently meet US power demands.

p1mrx 3y ago
Powering the US without emitting CO2 generally requires either (1) lots of new transmission lines to share wind/solar between regions, or (2) lots of nuclear so we don't have to. > Direct current (DC) is the worst kind of power type for long distance transmission. AC was traditionally used for long range transmission because a transformer can easily increase or decrease the voltage. Transmitting DC is actually more efficient, but it requires modern semiconductor technology to generate the voltages necessary. > My understanding is that solar and wind generated power has shown not to be consistent enough and too localized That's why we would need transmission to make it non-local.