This comparison is whether you should build current gen solar in a good location instead of running proposed cheap nuclear plants during the day even after building it.
“let’s do both” is just a delay tactic when only one works.
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BestBouclettes@jlai.lu 1 year ago
Why is it always comparing solar vs nuclear. What we need to compare them against is fossil fuels. Nuclear and renewables should be used together if we want to phase out fossil fuel in a timely manner.
schroedingershat@lemmy.world 1 year ago
m3m3lord@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
How is it that only one works? Nuclear seems more expensive based on this but does it take into account the cost of land, the fact that solar is intermittent, or that electricity from huge solar farms will need to be brought to where the demand is (cities) while nuclear can be much closer to limit losses. Both nuclear and solar have their place and are vital tools in the fight against climate change. The comparison is for the local utilities to decide and trying to compare directly and saying one is always better than the other is ignorant at best.
BestBouclettes@jlai.lu 1 year ago
Let’s do both works when the alternative is fossil fuels and when we shouldn’t invest a dime more into them as energy sources.
Wooki@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Don’t like facts getting in the way of juicy greenwashing lies hey.
Renewables can’t be used without the same amount of storage full stop. 3 days is the standard minimum. Their isn’t enough lithium in the world let alone money to make it feasible.
So back on planet earth. Storage is an inescapable necessity for renewables conveniently left out.
pizzaiolo@slrpnk.net 1 year ago
The two are compared because money is not infinite and there’s an opportunity cost to picking either one
BestBouclettes@jlai.lu 1 year ago
It’s Dubai we’re talking about here, money is infinite as far as they’re concerned. The alternative to nuclear for a baseline will always be fossil fuels until we can store the surplus of renewables efficiently, which is arguably further away than SMRs.