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You think nuclear is cheaper than renewables? Not sure what you're getting at with the "retroactively" bit. What I mean is renewables are feasible now, and nex
by afterburner 15y ago
You think nuclear is cheaper than renewables?
Not sure what you're getting at with the "retroactively" bit. What I mean is renewables are feasible now, and next year they will be appreciably better, and the year after that even more so... this is not a pace of improvement I see in nuclear power, and yet I am supposed to be amazed by its price (cough) and potential (irrelevant since reactors are built to last 50 years; renewable stuff can be upgraded far more easily, in pieces)
- tptacek 15y agoWhat renewable energy source are you thinking of as "feasible now" at a scale of 1000 MW?
- jff 15y agoCoat the countryside with wind turbines--it's what they've done near the SF area, although you'll note that as far as I can tell no turbines are visible from any point within what is generally considered "the Bay Area"... San Franciscans just NIMBY their power into the back yards of the "less enlightened".
- chc 15y agoAs I understand it, current wind technology requires a lot more land (like, an order of magnitude) and intensive maintenance if you want to get even in the same ballpark of energy output, and that's assuming a location that's good for wind power. You can hardly just drop wind turbines into an existing plant to multiply the energy output like they're planning to do here with nuclear reactors.
- tptacek 15y agoAren't the largest wind farms lucky to get 30% of 1000 MW, and that only where and when it's windy?
- jff 15y agoTo clarify, I am not a big fan of wind power :)
- afterburner 15y agoGermany's installed wind power production is 27000 MW. Their solar capacity is 24800 MW.