Europe Is Losing Nuclear Power Just When It Needs Energy

Re:Europe Is Losing Nuclear Power Just When It Needs Energy by kebos on Tuesday February 01, 2022 @09:13AM (#30162623)

https://grid.iamkate.com/ - overly good day for renewable production in the UK, my thoughts: 1. Wind is really cost effective for the UK and loads more is due to come online 2. EPR reactors keep running massively over budget e.g. Flamanville 3 3. Research money is heading into the best ways to store grid level energy.

All in all I am very hopeful and not against Nuclear at all but I just can't ignore the charts today.

Such a nice thought that a good % of my flat is being powered with little consequence!

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Re:Europe Is Losing Nuclear Power Just When It Needs Energy by rekoil on Tuesday February 01, 2022 @09:21AM (#30162731)

Oh it's windy today? Great! I guess it'll be windy every day in the future, let's replace all energy production with wind farms! /s

I know this is not what you're saying, but that's pretty much how I imagine some people think, especially "green" politicians.

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Re:Europe Is Losing Nuclear Power Just When It Needs Energy by VyperCard on Tuesday February 01, 2022 @11:04AM (#30164345)

Yeah, but that’s in your head.

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Re:Europe Is Losing Nuclear Power Just When It Needs Energy by rullelito on Tuesday February 01, 2022 @09:29AM (#30162846)

I have friends with the same dilutions. "We just need to build loads of tiny mechanical generators and enough batteries to store a few days worth of our countries electricity consumption"

How someone can say this (and still claim to be green) is beyond me.

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