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"By contrast, solar energy and electricity grid transmission projects have the best construction track record and are often completed ahead of schedule or below
by JackSlateur 1y ago
"By contrast, solar energy and electricity grid transmission projects have the best construction track record and are often completed ahead of schedule or below expected cost"
"For Sovacool, the evidence is clear: “Low-carbon sources of energy such as wind and solar not only have huge climatic and energy security benefits, but also financial advantages related to less construction risk and less chance of delays,” he says"
Of course, when you compare electric transportation with nuclear plant, the results are not the same ..
This paper is green washing;
- fuzzy2 1y agoNo need to green-wash what is already green. You could label it "hippie propaganda" or something the like though. I think TFA just reiterates that we can no longer build complex stuff within a reasonable timeframe and budget. Nuclear reactors just happen to be super complex. Nothing nefarious going on.
- blablabla123 1y agoYeah I mean Solar itself seems to be generally considered low tech by now. Also the failure modes of Nuclear involve some sort of "real time response". In a classic reactor when the power goes off unexpectedly, one needs to make sure that it receives cooling to not risk a meltdown. The only open problem is storage but I guess there are also reasonably low complexity options like hydrogen or water pumps.
- ImPostingOnHN 1y ago> Of course, when you compare electric transportation with nuclear plant, the results are not the same You're comparing a nuclear plant to e.g. an electric car? Why? Aren't we comparing power generation methods?
- JackSlateur 1y agoTransportation of electricity, not transportation of things The article spoke of the grid;
- ImPostingOnHN 1y agoThe article spoke of it like so: > By contrast, solar energy and electricity grid transmission projects have the best construction track record and are often completed ahead of schedule or below expected cost That doesn't seem to comport with your post, so maybe you can elaborate? Intuitively, a redundant, resilient, distributed grid is far better than a centralized one. For an example of why, see how usa's texas has fared in adverse conditions [0] 0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_Texas_power_crisis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_Texas_power_crisis
- joshuaissac 1y ago> when you compare electric transportation with nuclear plant The article does not have anything about transportation.
- JackSlateur 1y agoElectric grid transmission, as known as electric power transmission, are things related to the transportation of electricity