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[–] 8 points 1 week ago (3 children)

IMHO another big issue with nuclear is concentration of power. nuclear is quite stable, but not always and when it fails you suddenly loose a huge bunch of production that becomes hard to replace. (and Im not even getting into safety here)

France had to deal with a lot of issues just this year, with around 20% of their nuclear plants unoperative, which increased prices dramatically.

Solar is mostly distributed by design (and need) and failures are smaller

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  • [–] 8 points 1 week ago (2 children)

    A hailstorm wiped out 350mW of solar in Texas in 2024. But, they learned that the angle of panels was critical to avoid damage and now they have a hail storm mode that increases the angle to protect the panels.

    Not sure if panels can survive hurricanes, certainly not tornados.

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