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> nuclear will be utterly unsuitable for the wildly unsteady residual demand. What’s the planned energy source that will be handling that unsteady residual dem
by vlovich123 3y ago
> nuclear will be utterly unsuitable for the wildly unsteady residual demand.
What’s the planned energy source that will be handling that unsteady residual demand? Sounds like in most cases that would mean there’s a blackout or fossil fuels no?
Also I think it’s telling that China, the center of PV and battery manufacturing is investing heavily in nuclear tech. The costs of nuclear are disproportionately high vs where they should be and they’ve already started building meltdown-proof gen iv reactors while we’re docking around with smr.
- pfdietz 3y agoCombustion of e-fuels would do, and likely at much lower cost than nuclear. China's nuclear investments are pulling up short compared to their renewable investments. They too are evidence renewables are beating nuclear. It's going to be clear very soon even to the most recalcitrant nuclear fans that their technology is doomed.
- vlovich123 3y ago> China's nuclear investments are pulling up short compared to their renewable investments. They too are evidence renewables are beating nuclear. Source for this claim?