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'Plenty of places' is not all places and you want to completely count out a significant energy generating ability because you are annoyed that it doesn't agree

'Plenty of places' is not all places and you want to completely count out a significant energy generating ability because you are annoyed that it doesn't agree with your politics. If it isn't feasible then they won't build it -- by going around and advocating against it you are doing the same thing that happened in the 70s and 80s -- removing a perfectly valid option for energy that we need and will otherwise be fulfilled in any other way if not provided -- almost always with fossil fuels. If you can guarantee every place for all time will be fine with renewables, I'd like to see it, otherwise, why not step back and let engineers and scientists evaluate instead of grandstanding against an option?

ViewTrick1002 2y ago
What places aren’t covered by the spectrum with Denmark for higher latitudes and Australia for the near the equator? I’m advocating against wasting public money on nuclear power pretending it is a solution to climate change. Have at it with your own money. I already provided you with the scientists and engineers, but you seem to have completely disregarded them because they did not align with what you wanted. I can do it again: The research disagrees with you. Whenever new built nuclear power is included in the analysis the results becomes prohibitively expensive. > Focusing on the case of Denmark, this article investigates a future fully sector-coupled energy system in a carbon-neutral society and compares the operation and costs of renewables and nuclear-based energy systems. > The study finds that investments in flexibility in the electricity supply are needed in both systems due to the constant production pattern of nuclear and the variability of renewable energy sources. > However, the scenario with high nuclear implementation is 1.2 billion EUR more expensive annually compared to a scenario only based on renewables, *with all systems completely balancing supply and demand across all energy sectors in every hour*. > For nuclear power to be cost competitive with renewables an investment cost of 1.55 MEUR/MW must be achieved, which is substantially below any cost projection for nuclear power. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0306261924010882 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S030626192... Or if you want a more southern latitude you have Australia here: https://www.csiro.au/-/media/Energy/GenCost/GenCost2024-25ConsultDraft_20241205.pdf https://www.csiro.au/-/media/Energy/GenCost/GenCost2024-25Co...
- Eisenstein 2y ago
  I agreed that it costs more and read the study you linked. You are having a hard time accepting that some people might have a different opinion than you and are taking it like they are being obstinate. Sorry it costs more, but I don't think we need to be uniformly opposed to a viable option due to cost.
  - portaouflop 2y ago
    I genuinely don’t understand why you think nuclear is a viable alternative. You agree it costs more, is less flexible, takes longer to be operational than renewable energies. You didn’t present any good argument for nuclear except “something something you don’t like my politics” I agree with GP that nuclear is often used as a smokescreen to delay doing __anything__ practical and instead keep burning coal etc
    - exe34 2y ago
      in practice, 20 years of walking away from nuclear meant that Germany brought coal-fired stations back last year. I'm sure renewables will stop it happening again in 20 years _this time_.
      - ViewTrick1002 2y ago
        Not sure why this misinformation keeps being repeated? Since the nuclear phase out began both coal and nuclear is down replaced by renewables. Fossil gas is stable. https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/share-elec-by-source?time=2011..latest&country=~DEU https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/share-elec-by-source?time... Germany brought a few coal plants out mothball to prevent the collapse of the French grid when half the French nuclear fleet was off line at the height of the energy crisis. Which then were promptly mothballed again when the French got their nuclear power under control. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/15/business/nuclear-power-france.html https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/15/business/nuclear-power-fr... But lets blame the French nuclear power not delivering on Germany. That makes total sense.

ViewTrick1002 2y ago

What places aren’t covered by the spectrum with Denmark for higher latitudes and Australia for the near the equator? I’m advocating against wasting public money on nuclear power pretending it is a solution to climate change. Have at it with your own money. I already provided you with the scientists and engineers, but you seem to have completely disregarded them because they did not align with what you wanted. I can do it again: The research disagrees with you. Whenever new built nuclear power is included in the analysis the results becomes prohibitively expensive. > Focusing on the case of Denmark, this article investigates a future fully sector-coupled energy system in a carbon-neutral society and compares the operation and costs of renewables and nuclear-based energy systems. > The study finds that investments in flexibility in the electricity supply are needed in both systems due to the constant production pattern of nuclear and the variability of renewable energy sources. > However, the scenario with high nuclear implementation is 1.2 billion EUR more expensive annually compared to a scenario only based on renewables, *with all systems completely balancing supply and demand across all energy sectors in every hour*. > For nuclear power to be cost competitive with renewables an investment cost of 1.55 MEUR/MW must be achieved, which is substantially below any cost projection for nuclear power. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0306261924010882 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S030626192... Or if you want a more southern latitude you have Australia here: https://www.csiro.au/-/media/Energy/GenCost/GenCost2024-25ConsultDraft_20241205.pdf https://www.csiro.au/-/media/Energy/GenCost/GenCost2024-25Co...

Eisenstein 2y ago
I agreed that it costs more and read the study you linked. You are having a hard time accepting that some people might have a different opinion than you and are taking it like they are being obstinate. Sorry it costs more, but I don't think we need to be uniformly opposed to a viable option due to cost.
- portaouflop 2y ago
  I genuinely don’t understand why you think nuclear is a viable alternative. You agree it costs more, is less flexible, takes longer to be operational than renewable energies. You didn’t present any good argument for nuclear except “something something you don’t like my politics” I agree with GP that nuclear is often used as a smokescreen to delay doing __anything__ practical and instead keep burning coal etc
  - exe34 2y ago
    in practice, 20 years of walking away from nuclear meant that Germany brought coal-fired stations back last year. I'm sure renewables will stop it happening again in 20 years _this time_.
    - ViewTrick1002 2y ago
      Not sure why this misinformation keeps being repeated? Since the nuclear phase out began both coal and nuclear is down replaced by renewables. Fossil gas is stable. https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/share-elec-by-source?time=2011..latest&country=~DEU https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/share-elec-by-source?time... Germany brought a few coal plants out mothball to prevent the collapse of the French grid when half the French nuclear fleet was off line at the height of the energy crisis. Which then were promptly mothballed again when the French got their nuclear power under control. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/15/business/nuclear-power-france.html https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/15/business/nuclear-power-fr... But lets blame the French nuclear power not delivering on Germany. That makes total sense.