Re:Nuclear turn green as EU parliament approves new taxonomy
by ben_w on Thursday July 07, 2022 @04:05PM
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> I doubt it’s a good strategy to put all our eggs in a photovoltaic basket.
This is why I still support nuclear despite the cost.
Although…
> But PV is inherently intermittent and unless you massively overbuild capacity you’ll always face a weather threat.
isn't strictly true. In a magical alternative reality where we can do mega-projects and can ignore geopolitics, antipodal power grids are technically fine, much cheaper than batteries, and don't need any backups.
(I'm not sure how easy/hard it would be to make one without such assumptions, only that it takes a minimum of about one years' global aluminium production, so treat it as merely an interesting though experiment at this point).
This is why I still support nuclear despite the cost.
Although…
> But PV is inherently intermittent and unless you massively overbuild capacity you’ll always face a weather threat.
isn't strictly true. In a magical alternative reality where we can do mega-projects and can ignore geopolitics, antipodal power grids are technically fine, much cheaper than batteries, and don't need any backups.
(I'm not sure how easy/hard it would be to make one without such assumptions, only that it takes a minimum of about one years' global aluminium production, so treat it as merely an interesting though experiment at this point).