Europe Is Losing Nuclear Power Just When It Needs Energy

Re:Europe Is Losing Nuclear Power Just When It Needs Energy by pfdietz on Tuesday February 01, 2022 @09:38AM (#30162982)

Yes, all of those are likely going to be true. Are they true at this instant? Maybe not, but a nuclear plant we start building today also won't be available at this instant.

Note that the application of green hydrogen I'm talking about here, grid backup, does not require replacing existing natural gas use with hydrogen. Nor does it require long distance hydrogen pipelines.

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Re:Europe Is Losing Nuclear Power Just When It Needs Energy by dmitriid on Tuesday February 01, 2022 @12:05PM (#30165600)

> Are they true at this instant? Maybe not, but

There's no "but". The situation right now is that starry-eyed proponents of renewal energy sources claim that they have already surpassed nuclear etc. When in reality they can't cover the basics. And the answer to that? "Oh, yeah, sometime in the future there may be something to complement this".

> Note that the application of green hydrogen I'm talking about here, grid backup, does not require replacing existing natural gas use with hydrogen. Nor does it require long distance hydrogen pipelines.

Ah yes. Because green hydrogen just magically appeares every time you need it when you say "green hydrogen" three times

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