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I think it's time to give up on nuclear. Solar+Wind+Batteries continue to get cheaper. Nuclear doesn't seem to have a detectible learning curve at all
by jes5199 3y ago
I think it's time to give up on nuclear. Solar+Wind+Batteries continue to get cheaper. Nuclear doesn't seem to have a detectible learning curve at all
- chrischattin 3y agoNo one has done more to harm the environment than environmentalists that advocate against nuclear power.
- barbazoo 3y ago> No one has done more to harm the environment than environmentalists that advocate against nuclear power. I mean we all learn from our mistakes, I surely was against nuclear power when I was young but I think for ok reasons. Now the world is in a worse spot than it was so I changed my mind a little. Still, it's silly to pretend that that caused more "harm to the environment".
- jes5199 3y agothat may be historically true, but today you can build much more KW of solar+batteries than KW of nuclear for the same price. Continuing to advocate for nuclear is throwing away money that could be spent on the green transition.
- datatrashfire 3y agoWhat about the energy sector and their political allies' 50 year campaign gaslighting the public about the dangers posed by climate change?
- barbazoo 3y agoSolar+Wind+Tides+Hydro+Geothermal+... it's also beautifully decentralized and low risk if done on a local, small, scale.
- ViewTrick1002 3y agoThe learning curve has been negative all throughout nuclear powers 70 year lifespan.
- pornel 3y agoIt's also why I'm doubly sceptical of fusion, and really annoyed when it's presented as a solution we'll have "soon". Even if a breakthrough was invented tomorrow that made fusion actually work, it would still require building a massive number of fusion plants, and building them cheaper than renewables+batteries.