Comment on Drowning in grid scale batteries
Forester@pawb.social 2 days agoWhat has been tested and proven. It’s just it hasn’t seen large-scale deployment because nimbyism
Comment on Drowning in grid scale batteries
Forester@pawb.social 2 days agoWhat has been tested and proven. It’s just it hasn’t seen large-scale deployment because nimbyism
Nora@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
well yes but also not really.
Nuclear reactors are incredibly expensive, take forever to build, test, and ensure they are safe, often require additional not-so-green/renewable secondary materials/processes that are conveniently ignored (mines, for example) and waste disposal is a semi-serious non-solved issue.
All of these factors combined are significantly more important than the land the power is generated on, as 99% of the world has space somewhere.
The reality of nuclear power is that it doesn’t make sense in 95% of scenarios anymore because battery + solar / wind is effectively free in comparison, can be built and scaled extremely fast, and is many times more renewable because basically everything is recyclable.