But for a stable network you need to account for times with no sun and no wind.
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SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 2 months ago
Get lost with your expensive nuclear energy. Renewables produce MUCH cheaper energy.
timestatic@feddit.org 2 months ago
Therms45@europe.pub 2 months ago
If we had a stable and international network, there would be not a time without sun or wind.
deafboy@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Tell me, are the room temperature superconductors with us in this room now?
timestatic@feddit.org 2 months ago
Building out capacity to transport a massive amount of energy over thousands of kilometers isn’t really that great either. Also, when it comes to night this is kinda not possible to avoid
Therms45@europe.pub 2 months ago
You realise that the sun never goes away right? Half of the earth is illuminated 24/7
ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 2 months ago
Nuclear is a bad fit for that, because it’s too expensive and has poor “reaction times” compared to other energy sources.
arrow74@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
If we didn’t fight Nuclear energy for decades we wouldn’t have been in half as much trouble as we are in now. But the oil companies won with their smear campaigns.
Renewable energy is cheaper now, but that wasn’t always the case. Also nuclear can be part of solving some of the issues with renewable energy. We can build massive battery banks and double our number of solar farms so that we have power when the sun goes down or we can reduce the need and incorporate nuclear
chris@l.roofo.cc 2 months ago
Nuclear is an either or situation. Either nuclear or renewables. It makes no sense to build a nuclear plant and not run it at 100%. They are way too expensive for that. That means your energy prices will not go down even though we have incredibly cheap energy available. Nuclear is not cheap, not renewable and obtaining the nuclear material another problem on it’s own.
arrow74@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
No its not, how did you make up that conclusion?
Nuclear can be used to reduce the need for rather expensive storage for solar/wind energy.
You know what many places do now when solar falls short or at nighttime when the sun does not shine? They burn gas, oil, or coal.
chris@l.roofo.cc 2 months ago
Yes and that nuclear power plant is not shut down at day time. Instead renewables will be throttled if there is an overproduction. That is the either/or scenario that I mean.