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Re:Why Germany won’t keep its nuclear plants open by GamerUncle on Thursday April 14, 2022 @06:48PM (#31034391)
In the face of reality nuclear is the only realistic way to address the majority of the issues that most renewables cannot realistically face:

https://e360.yale.edu/features/why-nuclear-power-must-be-par... All this talk about "a bygone era" seems to stem from a place of hatred but what is perceived as "old" if anything most techbros and minimalist wannabes seem to hate nuclear.

But if you stop watching the Simpsons and look at the data, you will soon realize that renewables are not able to provide enough reliable energy and this has been proved time after time.

nature.com/articles/s41467-021-26355-z

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Re:Why Germany won’t keep its nuclear plants open by kdbeall_ on Thursday April 14, 2022 @08:29PM (#31035281)
Depends on what tech comes out. If lithium-sulfur batteries and perovskite solar cells go into mass production I think nuclear will be one of the smaller contributors. Nuclear works best where there's limited hydroelectric, wind, and solar but minimal chance of earthquakes.
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