• schroedingershat
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    2 years ago

    Building a stop-gap that will be ready 20 years after you get to the main destination for 10x the price isn’t a bright move.

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        2 years ago

        The best time to ignore the nuke shills and build wind and solar was the 1940s when both wind and solar thermal were proven economically and fission hadn’t happened yet.

        The second best time is now.

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          2 years ago

          The best time to ignore the nuclear scare mongers us whenever they open their ignorant mouths.

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              2 years ago

              No, you definitely have an irrational fear of nuclear power.

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      2 years ago

      I disagree… the biggest “issue” I have with “renewables” is the storage problem… That 20 years gives you time to figure out something while reducing the carbon output

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        2 years ago

        Battery storage is already cheaper than nuclear.

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        2 years ago

        …no it won’t because the new nuclear will generate nothing for 20 years. Whereas the renewables will reduce some carbon, even if we pretend that storage is both unsolvable (as opposed to already cheaper than nuclear) and necessary in a grid that’s already 40% hydro.