Nuclear technology’s role in the world’s energy supply is shrinking

Re:Nuclear technology’s role in the world’s energy supply is... by gameman144 on Tuesday March 09, 2021 @04:05PM (#26404235)

Sure, it's at https://www.strata.org/pdf/2017/footprints-full.pdf.

I'm on the same page in terms of pro-solar, but I also think having nuclear ready to go is a nice fallback (e.g. if rare earth metals for solar and batteries become prohibitively expensive or embargoed).

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Re:Nuclear technology’s role in the world’s energy supply is... by pfdietz on Tuesday March 09, 2021 @10:12PM (#26407325)

Solar does not use rare earth metals. Please stop propagating this canard.

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Re:Nuclear technology’s role in the world’s energy supply is... by gameman144 on Wednesday March 10, 2021 @01:32AM (#26408443)

Ah, honest mistake, lithium (not rare earths) is the metal that the US doesn't have a sufficient stockpile of. The rest of the point should still stand though, essentially having an energy grid that can react to supply shocks.

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Re:Nuclear technology’s role in the world’s energy supply is... by pfdietz on Wednesday March 10, 2021 @07:34PM (#26418594)

And lithium isn't needed for solar either. Lithium is used in one variety of storage, but there are thousands of different battery chemistries, and many different non-battery energy storage technologies. The "it can't do it" argument needs to show that they ALL fail, alone or in combination. That's a very tall order, especially when some storage technologies use cheap materials like steel and rocks.

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