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Re:Nuclear power is the best climate-change solution by coryrc on Sunday November 07, 2021 @12:21PM (#29141378)
Solar is not cost-effective today for applying power after the sun sets (duck curve) or at night. Wind is not cost-effective at supplying power on calm days. If they were required to build the rest of the system to be reliable (longer interconnects, batteries, etc) it suddenly wouldn't be cost-effective, this explaining why energy cost continues to go up while this supposedly cheap power ramps up.
Re:Nuclear power is the best climate-change solution by pydry on Tuesday November 16, 2021 @09:22AM (#29240813)
Combined solar+battery is not just cost effective at dealing with the duck curve it is downright cheap. Hawaii canceled an inter-island grid interconnect because of this.