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Solar and wind are unreliable and too low-impact relative to their cost and maintenance. Every time we have this discussion, we always conclude that nuclear po
by jimbob45 1y ago
Solar and wind are unreliable and too low-impact relative to their cost and maintenance.
Every time we have this discussion, we always conclude that nuclear power generation is the only viable path forward.
- astrange 1y agoThe sun reliably comes out every day. The rest of this idea has been, or will be, obsoleted by how incredibly cheap batteries have become. Nuclear NIMBYism is even harder to defeat than regular NIMBYism, so you might as well ask for geothermal.
- dalyons 1y agoEvery time we have this discussion, we conclude that despite some good aspects nuclear is way too expensive and too slow to build.
- karmakurtisaani 1y agoLuckily for us, the market has also already concluded this. Global solar is now growing by 1TW of installed capacity per year.
- Jtsummers 1y agoSolar and wind + storage is a viable path forward. Solar panels are getting cheaper, and batteries are getting better capacity and charge cycle stats each year. It may not be the path forward, we may never eliminate the need for a baseline system like nuclear plants or some gas or coal plants. But we can get ourselves off of them, other countries are, it's not like the US is special here. Same physics.
- Braxton1980 1y agoDo you have proof of this?