Anything that isn’t a fossil fuel is better then a fossil fuel.
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Deceptichum@quokk.au 2 months ago
Eh I’m more concerned about whoever is still pushing nuclear these days.
Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Deceptichum@quokk.au 2 months ago
Yes and the thing we can roll out today is better than doing nothing while we postulate about doing something in 5-10 years if nothing changes in the political landscape.
Not to mention it’s just downright better.
Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Tax the fuck out of fossil fuels and build both.
The quickest solution is degrowth, but no one and I mean no one wants to talk about that. My supposedly progressive, boomer friends think I’m mad for suggesting that.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Is it more expensive than storage? My understanding was that nuclear was cheaper long-term, but I honestly don’t know. I think we need both, but I could be convinced that nuclear is obsolete with some real-life numbers.
TheFogan@programming.dev 2 months ago
I disagree, I think nuclear is a half decent stop gap. Especially when noting renewables aren’t a universal perfect solution for every location. (IE not everywhere has good sun or wind). Doesn’t mean we should 100% move to nuclear, but the faster we can get rid of coal the better.
dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Nuclear has its place in the world, and it’s pretty much a given that in order to maintain high availability and energy stability we will not be able to rely solely on one single source. It can’t be all renewables, but it can’t be all nuclear, either. We are going to need a mix of both.
Nuclear can serve e.g. big time industrial, manufacturing, or other mission critical needs with large amounts of power that is reasonably clean and, importantly, very stable.
We just need to keep it from falling totally into the hands of morons who want to waste it all on “AI” datacenters, or whatever the fuck else.
vividspecter@lemm.ee 2 months ago
It can and will be multiple renewable sources of generation and storage, with nuclear only having a limited role (especially if SMRs don’t become a thing).