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Abundant yes, but new nuclear is by far the most expensive way to generate power, and it gets worse everyday as solar and storage prices plummet
by testing22321 1y ago
Abundant yes, but new nuclear is by far the most expensive way to generate power, and it gets worse everyday as solar and storage prices plummet
- triceratops 1y ago50 or 100 years from now we may run out of solar and wind resources to tap. We may consume a couple order of magnitudes more energy than now. Materials science may have unforeseen advances that make nuclear development safer and cheaper. Nuclear will find its place in the sun - so to speak - at that time. But not now I think. The numbers don't work.
- testing22321 1y agoHow will we run out of solar resources to tap?
- jorisboris 1y agoAssuming energy consumption per capita continues to rise
- testing22321 1y agoOk, how will we run out of solar?
- osn9363739 1y agoSaying we will run out of space is a wild take. I'm interested. Anything to back that up?
- triceratops 1y agoA sci-fi future where we consume vastly more energy than at present.
- osn9363739 1y agoSurely in this magical future sci-fi land we also have new ways to create and store energy. Of all the issues with renewables this (space/land) is currently not even worth worrying about.
- triceratops 1y agoIt isn't currently worth worrying about. But I believe we'll use abundant energy in more and more creative ways. You have to think really big.