Nuclear power is the fastest way to slash greenhouse gas emissions, decarbonize

Re:Nuclear power is the fastest way to slash greenhouse gas ... by Amygaz on Sunday April 07, 2019 @08:16AM (#19596342)

If you are mainly looking at an energy source for the downtimes, then there is currently enough hydro being generated to do that.

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Re:Nuclear power is the fastest way to slash greenhouse gas ... by kortilla on Tuesday April 09, 2019 @06:46PM (#19619734)

No, there is absolutely not enough hydro for baseload. Where did you get that idea?

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Re:Nuclear power is the fastest way to slash greenhouse gas ... by peterashford on Sunday April 07, 2019 @07:02PM (#19600515)

There are countries which are 100% renewable right now using hydro to do so, so yes.

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Re:Nuclear power is the fastest way to slash greenhouse gas ... by kortilla on Tuesday April 09, 2019 @06:49PM (#19619753)

These countries do not exist. There is no county getting by without burning fossil fuels or using nuclear for baseload somewhere. The 100% you might be thinking of are countries that import fossil/nuclear baseload during lulls and export spare renewables during high generation times for a “net 100% renewable”. This is a start, but it’s marketing bullshit because it’s not actually sustainable for all countries to do that. Someone needs to provide baseload.

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Re:Nuclear power is the fastest way to slash greenhouse gas ... by godelski on Tuesday April 09, 2019 @12:18AM (#19611754)

Which countries? The closest I know of is Norway. But they do burn some gas and also import from Sweden (and others). Even if they didn't have gas I don't think it is fair to say that a country runs on 100% renewables if they import energy from a country that isn't 100% renewable.

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