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Re:Why Nuclear Must Be Part Of The Energy Solution (2018) by bryanlarsen on Monday March 01, 2021 @10:21AM (#26303540)
Exactly. You need natgas peakers (that aren't frozen) or charged batteries to deal with this. Nuclear, wind and solar are all unsuitable for this situation.
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Re:Why Nuclear Must Be Part Of The Energy Solution (2018) by hntrader on Monday March 01, 2021 @02:17PM (#26306934)
What do you think of the claims of user "corty" elsewhere in this thread, who seems to say that nuclear isn't unsuitable for this situation?
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Re:Why Nuclear Must Be Part Of The Energy Solution (2018) by bryanlarsen on Monday March 01, 2021 @04:41PM (#26308830)
The primary problem with nuclear is the fact that it's insanely expensive. If you're not running it flat out 24/7, then the cost per MWh goes up dramatically.
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Re:Why Nuclear Must Be Part Of The Energy Solution (2018) by paranoidrobot on Tuesday March 02, 2021 @05:44PM (#26322157)
Of all the other energy sources, it's the only one where we have to put serious consideration into warning people not to dig up the waste, and how to keep them from doing it thousands of years from now.
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Re:Why Nuclear Must Be Part Of The Energy Solution (2018) by pfdietz on Monday March 01, 2021 @12:46PM (#26305609)
Or turbines burning hydrogen.
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