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Re:Nuclear waste is a solved problem by maccard on Saturday October 09, 2021 @08:19AM (#28809212)
>But solved problem is strong wording for waste, which you have to keep safe for roughly 4 times the age of the oldest democratic country.

The problem with this argument is we're ignoring that cost of carbon because we don't physically bury it in the ground. We need to compare like for like here.

Re:Nuclear waste is a solved problem by sdfzug on Saturday October 09, 2021 @09:24AM (#28809643)
cost of carbon which is there as much/little with renewables as it is with nuclear
Re:Nuclear waste is a solved problem by mcronce on Saturday October 09, 2021 @10:35AM (#28810228)
Only as long as you ignore CO2/methane emissions from the gas plants and supply chain required to provide backup to the renewables
Re:Nuclear waste is a solved problem by sdfzug on Saturday October 09, 2021 @03:54PM (#28812698)
you simply convert renewables to methane
Re:Nuclear waste is a solved problem by sofixa on Saturday October 09, 2021 @11:14AM (#28810556)
If you forego storage and peak plants, and you need at least one.