Comment on Lithium-free sodium batteries exit the lab and enter US production
IchNichtenLichten@lemmy.world 1 month agoI totally get that but that ship has sailed with renewables being way cheaper now.
Comment on Lithium-free sodium batteries exit the lab and enter US production
IchNichtenLichten@lemmy.world 1 month agoI totally get that but that ship has sailed with renewables being way cheaper now.
Sl00k@programming.dev 1 month ago
Perhaps a bad example because most people undermine them, but China has still decided to move forward with 4 different nuclear facilities this year despite having an ABUNDANCE of solar manufacturing. If they found that decision worthwhile I would think the opposite, assuming most of the reasoning is current battery tech can’t sustain dark periods at a massive scale, but I’m not an expert.
IchNichtenLichten@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Literally every source I’ve come across has nuclear being massively more expensive than renewables + storage, at least in the West.
The market decides what to invest in in a capitalist economy and they will tend to go for the thing that makes them the most money in the shortest time possible and that’s why new nuclear isn’t happening much.
If you’re advocating for public ownership of utilities so there’s central planning and long term thinking instead of profit chasing, that’s an interesting debate to have.