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Why couldn’t nuclear solve anything?

• amanaplanacanal 2y ago
  Nuclear is a red herring. It takes way to long and is way too expensive. Keep bringing solar and wind online, and if your nuclear plant ever gets finished, that will be nice too.
  • graemep 2y ago
    > . Keep bringing solar and wind online What happens if you get an extended period of low winds? Cloudy weather? You need a LOT of extra capacity and storage.
• wdh505 2y ago
  Successful fossil fuel propaganda given 10+ years to build and a single political cycle across that time to keep it closed before ever being "turned on". - source happened to my relatives grids a few times, and they got pretty cynical to the "tax" imposed to get nuclear then no nuclear.
• js8 2y ago
  I don't think there is enough nuclear fuel for everyone to significantly (more than several times than today) run on nuclear. Yes, there are these breeder ideas, but it's not mature. So (aside from capital costs) it will generate only a relatively small portion of total electricity consumption.