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[–] 9 points 3 months ago (8 children)

Is this true? Because Holy shit this would be hilarious if it was.

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  • [–] 28 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    You can cherry pick the numbers to show whatever you like.

    Wikipedia has an article on the economics of nuclear power. To summarize: it's expensive upfront. If you look at it from a pure commercial enterprise it's not really worth it. If you look at it as decarbonizing the future it's better.

    Solar and wind is cheaper, but intermittent and it's a question if we can wait for grid scale energy storage being viable before we cook ourselves.

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  • [–] 10 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    it's a question if we can wait for grid scale energy storage being viable before we cook ourselves.

    Given the average time to build one single nuclear power plant, you should consider whether we have time to finish construction of one before we cook ourselves.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 months ago

    I would not put all my money on just one solution. I don't know how many years away grid scale storage is. I hope it's 1 year, I expect it's a decade or more.

    Besides, we had 6 consecutive weeks country wide harsh winter this year. Storing it over night, or over a few days of mild winds is feasible. 6 weeks of little to no sun, mild winds and high demand is eyepopping.

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  • [–] -2 points 3 months ago

    I feel like the deeper truth highlighted here is that being pro-nuclear, or anti-anti-nuclear, is very much a “reddit” style opinion.

    Whatever the actual truth is, that is. It seems to fall neatly into the “I know something and can make a ‘well actyooally’ argument about it” category without having expertise like being on top of the historical financial performance and context of the technology, about which I personally know nothing.

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