• alvvayson@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    It’s people like you who present a false dichotomy that are the really evil people in the world today.

    We can do solar, wind and nuclear. One does not preclude the other, contrary to your false dichotomy.

    In fact, we must build out a minimum level of nuclear - it is the only mandatory technology required to stop climate change, because it works 24/7.

    We can add as much solar and wind to the system as we would like, as long as the grid can handle it.

    Grids with a lot of hydro will not require much nuclear, e.g. Iceland can do entirely without it and Sweden only needs a small amount. Grids with little hydro will need a lot of nuclear, like France.

    This was true in 1990. It is still true today and it will still be true in 2050.

    • mierdabird@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      1 year ago

      Budgets are a real thing. If you tie up $28.5 billion constructing say, the Vogtle #3 and #4 reactors, you are taking away significant amounts of money that could have already produced working wind and solar installations that would produce far more power. Stating that reality doesn’t make me “evil,” get a grip.

      Additionally, with upgrades in high voltage transmission lines and grid-level storage systems the need for nuclear or fossil fuel baseload in the future is going to be far less than you expect

      • alvvayson@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        Obviously, regulations must be changed to make nuclear affordable.

        But yes, misguided people like you and those who opposed nuclear in the 90s are causing a mass extinction even that is gearing up to become the biggest in the history of the planet.

        If that isn’t evil, then I don’t know what the term evil means anymore.