Nuclear power is the best climate-change solution

Re:Nuclear power is the best climate-change solution by ilyich on Saturday November 06, 2021 @07:00PM (#29134654)

>Say it's a cold cloudy day with no wind and it's been so for a week.

What if it's been so for a month?

What if the country is Sweden?

What if the month is January?

What if the average temperature is -20C?

>So who pays the extremely high fixed cost of the nuclear and coal plant so it's available that one week you need it? No one wants to, so they're shutting them down.

Those who don't want to freeze, they want to pay.

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Re:Nuclear power is the best climate-change solution by coryrc on Saturday November 06, 2021 @08:42PM (#29135312)

Change the way the market works, pick a baseline power and bid it yearly. Then the nuclear stations can compete. But our current one results in shutdowns while we pay for extraneous wind capacity and new natural gas.

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