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Re:Nuclear power is the fastest way to slash greenhouse gas ... by rocqua on Sunday April 07, 2019 @03:00AM (#19595245)
Is storage a solved problem yet? Afaik, dams are the only viable option, and not universally available.

I thought batteries just weren't there yet. Especially if you take wear cycles into account.

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Re:Nuclear power is the fastest way to slash greenhouse gas ... by BluSyn on Sunday April 07, 2019 @03:36AM (#19595383)
Batteries are much farther along than most realize, and decreasing in cost rapidly. 2019 will see the first GWh-scale battery installations (plural, as in multiple of them). Grid-scale lithium-ion battery storage is at the beginning of an exponential growth curve.
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Re:Nuclear power is the fastest way to slash greenhouse gas ... by jki275 on Sunday April 07, 2019 @07:56AM (#19596240)
What is the environmental cost of mining that lithium?

How much lithium is there, actually?

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Re:Nuclear power is the fastest way to slash greenhouse gas ... by jki275 on Sunday April 07, 2019 @07:57AM (#19596243)
It’s not, and likely never will be.
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