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Batteries will become economical for base load at night before nuclear does. Whatever is wrong or bad with batteries, nuclear is in some way worse. The only e
by jiggawatts 3y ago
Batteries will become economical for base load at night before nuclear does.
Whatever is wrong or bad with batteries, nuclear is in some way worse.
The only economical way to produce nuclear power is as a side-effect of weapons production.
- pdntspa 3y ago'Side effect'? You can stop your refinement process a lot sooner with nuclear power vs weapons.
- jiggawatts 3y agoNuclear energy is partially funded by weapons requirements. That’s why nuclear-armed states have a lot of nuclear power plants. It’s like the space program — partially funded by military ballistic missile requirements.
- chii 3y agoi dont see lithium-ion batteries be economical for grid level storage, since grid level storage is very different from a car, which require portability and the car buyer pays a premium for portability. The biggest criteria for grid level storage is price to energy ratio. Cheap cost beats all, since size is not really a problem. So i want to see molten sodium, or heat based storage, which uses cheap materials. Or have cheap electricity produce green fuels for storage and use long term (e.g., synthetic "natural gas" from CO2 capture). I do believe nuclear has a place tho - diversification is security, but this might have to be subsidized rather than be naturally economically competitive.