Re:U.S. Nuclear Comeback Stalls as Two Reactors Are Abandoned
by elsonrodriguez on Wednesday August 02, 2017 @10:20PM
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That article shows a graph indicating that Gas is taking over for the lack of coal plants, and wind/solar are plateaued.
People want a high return on their energy investment to power modern society.
I'm sure solar will get better, and I encourage the fledgling consumer market and small-scale deployments to improve the tech, but it's not ready today, and the longer idealists keep peddling the idea that it IS ready, the longer we accelerate global warming.
People want a high return on their energy investment to power modern society.
I'm sure solar will get better, and I encourage the fledgling consumer market and small-scale deployments to improve the tech, but it's not ready today, and the longer idealists keep peddling the idea that it IS ready, the longer we accelerate global warming.