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There's words like "cloudy", and then there's proper simulation studies which demonstrate that these concerns are unfounded.
by energy123 10mo ago
There's words like "cloudy", and then there's proper simulation studies which demonstrate that these concerns are unfounded.
- delta_p_delta_x 10mo agoOkay... and? I'm not saying 'let's only do nuclear, and not bother about wind/solar/tidal'. I'm saying there is plenty of money to go around, and it doesn't hurt to spend some of that to diversify our power generation and have some reliable, non-polluting, highly power-dense, high-tech base load (nuclear) that can be quickly throttled to meet demand, and is generally resistant to most environmental conditions. The Chinese, Indian, Indonesian, French, British, and even Singaporean[1] (of all places, one might expect a tiny equatorial city-state to be the last place to think about nuclear, but it is all the same, because nuclear is ridiculously power-dense) governments seem to agree with me. [1]: https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/singapore-seriously-considering-nuclear-energy https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/singapore-seriou...
- energy123 10mo agoIf you read the simulation studies you would know that ~0% nuclear is the most cost effective solution in many locations.