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Re:Major nuclear fusion milestone reached as ‘ignition’ trig... by CuriouslyC on Tuesday October 12, 2021 @05:56PM (#28845549)
Option 4, use a mixture of modern nuclear and renewables. Power prices go up slightly, environmental footprint goes down a lot.
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Re:Major nuclear fusion milestone reached as ‘ignition’ trig... by xondono on Tuesday October 12, 2021 @06:01PM (#28845587)
I'd love for the world to see that Option 4 would be great (I'd chose that one too!), but it's not a politically viable option. I was limiting the options to the "realistic" ones, given our current constraints.
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Re:Major nuclear fusion milestone reached as ‘ignition’ trig... by pfdietz on Wednesday October 13, 2021 @03:59AM (#28849513)
Nuclear and renewables do not mix well. If you optimize for a minimum cost grid, one or the other dominates. Mixed solution s have higher cost.
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