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Nuclear power generation has been more or less flat since ~25 years, with overall growth of electricity generation. Solar and wind on the other hand... Just lo

by hannob 2y ago

Nuclear power generation has been more or less flat since ~25 years, with overall growth of electricity generation. Solar and wind on the other hand... Just look at the data: https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/electricity-production-by-source https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/electricity-production-by...

stavros 2y ago
OK, so? Should we keep burning coal for base load? My top comment was "we need both" and the reply literally two messages down is "no. Nuclear bad." I give up.
- adrianN 2y ago
  In the near future you will have essentially free energy during the day or when it's windy. What do you do with your 90% capex nuclear fleet then? You can throttle them for most of the year, but that just increases cost per kWh until they're not competitive with storage.
  - stavros 2y ago
    Then we'll just use storage at that point. I feel like all of these replies are missing my point.
    - adrianN 2y ago
      So we'll have sunk a few hundred billion into nuclear plants that won't be useful instead of just building more renewables and storage? What's the point?