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Re:It can make more sense to build new renewable capacity th... by ianai on Thursday November 07, 2019 @02:47PM (#21476633)
So make a big enough nuclear plant for those peaks.
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Re:It can make more sense to build new renewable capacity th... by NullPrefix on Thursday November 07, 2019 @02:55PM (#21476705)
Too expensive. Bigger capacity means bigger costs up front and runtime.
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Re:It can make more sense to build new renewable capacity th... by ianai on Friday November 08, 2019 @11:46AM (#21483979)
How much more expensive? How much more capacity?

I’d rather have way too much nuclear power than rely on any fossil fuels. If anything, energy demand seems posed to always increase.

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Re:It can make more sense to build new renewable capacity th... by namibj on Thursday November 07, 2019 @02:54PM (#21476702)
AFAIK it's about Xenon poisoning.
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Re:It can make more sense to build new renewable capacity th... by NullPrefix on Thursday November 07, 2019 @02:55PM (#21476709)
Xenon
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