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0 pointsKrasnol5y ago0 comments

> What else do you propose as replacement for coal and gas power plants?

Renewables

> Who expects nuclear energy to fix our CO2 problems?

It's the main claim of the Nuclear AstroTurf campaign.

> In the following decades, it is supposed to slow down CO2 buildup, not "fix our CO2 problems".

As I've shown: it is not the appropriate tool to do that in an efficient way.

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effie5y ago

It is not realistic to power current developed societies using only solar and wind power. For simple reason - we can't store energy well.

Stop throwing up and shooting down strawmen. Nuclear energy was never going to replace all energy sources. Only the worst ones, like coal and gas power plants.

jhgb5y ago

Storing energy is a straw man as well. The most realistic scenarios of renewable grids rely on overgeneration and opportunistic consumption. This will continue to be the case as long as storage costs significantly continue to exceed extra generation capacity costs.

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