> 1) System cost > But if this is an argument against renewables, it's an even bigger argument against nuclear. Because nuclear is much more expensive than ren

> 1) System cost > But if this is an argument against renewables, it's an even bigger argument against nuclear. Because nuclear is much more expensive than renewables. I agree that the nuclear power stations are more expensive per kW of generation capacity. But that does not mean that the overall system must be more expensive (fallacy of composition?). It would depend on the quality of the intermittent resources, their location, demand profiles, cost to build, cost of transmission and storage and so on.