People arguing against nuclear power for it’s cost, unclear timlines, usually don’t argue for coal, oil and gas.
Wind and solar are cheaper, continue to get cheaper and can be built within years, not decades.
Also, renewables are a proven technology while proposals for new nuclear reactor tech are often never been deployed successfully (as in running continuously and actually contributing to the grid).
Also, it’s not even that stable. France had to import power from Germany’s (renewables) because half of their nuclear reactors were failing in 2022. [1]
But every argument against nuclear applies to the crude trio too, and I have heard people saying to specifically keep the status quo over nuclear power…
Oh I agree. Keeping the status quo is a terrible idea and will get increasingly more expensive (as in increased likelihood for extreme weather events which are bad for health, food, infrastructur, …).
azulavoir@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
Coal/oil/gas
Chewy7324@discuss.tchncs.de 10 months ago
People arguing against nuclear power for it’s cost, unclear timlines, usually don’t argue for coal, oil and gas.
Wind and solar are cheaper, continue to get cheaper and can be built within years, not decades.
Also, renewables are a proven technology while proposals for new nuclear reactor tech are often never been deployed successfully (as in running continuously and actually contributing to the grid).
Also, it’s not even that stable. France had to import power from Germany’s (renewables) because half of their nuclear reactors were failing in 2022. [1]
[1] www.nytimes.com/2022/…/nuclear-power-france.html
azulavoir@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
Oh yeah absolutely.
But every argument against nuclear applies to the crude trio too, and I have heard people saying to specifically keep the status quo over nuclear power…
Chewy7324@discuss.tchncs.de 10 months ago
Oh I agree. Keeping the status quo is a terrible idea and will get increasingly more expensive (as in increased likelihood for extreme weather events which are bad for health, food, infrastructur, …).