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Recent reactor developments can make nuclear accidents a moot point also. If new tech is allowed..

• toomuchtodo 3y ago
  Yes, but never cheap enough. Until nuclear can beat renewables and batteries on cost, shrug. https://www.lazard.com/media/2ozoovyg/lazards-lcoeplus-april-2023.pdf https://www.lazard.com/media/2ozoovyg/lazards-lcoeplus-april...
  • JumpCrisscross 3y ago
    > but never cheap enough Sure, if you ignore reliability the less-reliable options will look better. Going all in on solar and wind basically guarantees fifty years or more for at least one fossil fuel, gas in America and Europe and probably coal in Asia. To be clear, I think we should be going full throttle on solar and wind. But we should also be building nuclear reactors and investing heavily in SMRs; if we can’t do that due to decades of nuclear fearmongering having gutted our industry, we should import them from China.
    • toomuchtodo 3y ago
      Not ignoring reliability. I assume battery firmed renewables, still way cheaper than any nuclear. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38277123 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38277123 https://www.minister.industry.gov.au/ministers/husic/media-releases/gencost-confirms-renewables-remain-cheapest-form-energy-cost-nuclear-reactors-skyrocket https://www.minister.industry.gov.au/ministers/husic/media-r...
• garbagewoman 3y ago
  “If only they would allow it” isn’t a compelling argument for a technology
  • HPsquared 3y ago
    I mean allowed in the discussion. GP was talking about battery tech in early stages of development to boost renewables. So I said there exist reactor designs that promise to solve a lot of the safety and cost issues, if they could be further developed.