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Re:100% renewables doesn’t equal zero-carbon energy, and the... by petre on Sunday May 26, 2019 @01:38AM (#20013333)
50% nuclear is enough to achieve 100% clean energy today. It wasn't enough 50 years ago when renewables were expensive. Basically it has to provide base load power which is supplemented with renewables and peaker plants.
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Re:100% renewables doesn’t equal zero-carbon energy, and the... by godelski on Sunday May 26, 2019 @05:19AM (#20013967)
Exactly! This is what we want to do with nuclear. Pro-nuclear isn't anti-renewable (we want diversified energy portfolios, not a single source. That'd be ridiculous). It is about load balancing. If we can load balance with renewables and cheaper than nuclear options, then let's do it. Let's just not load balance with fossil fuels.
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