• Tarambor
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    1 day ago

    Or we have functioning brains and know that due to the inability of renewables to supply a guaranteed base load 24/7/365 that energy has to come from a mix of options which includes nuclear.

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      It’s a damn shame the hive mind has decided “nuclear bad” , without really attempting to understand the issue. A purely pragmatic approach demands the commissioning of nuclear power plants, and this vibes-based opposition to nuclear power only has the effect of strengthening fossil fuel’s grip on the energy economy and hastening the climate apocalypse.

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        This paper appears to be saying that in the future, if the entire European continent connects it would be technically possible to not have to add new baseload

        Their findings indicate that a secure, net-zero European electricity system is technically robust and economically viable when based on VRE paired with extensive flexibility, storage, and grid interconnections, without requiring new baseload capacity.