Re:Nuclear power is too slow
by yashap on Friday December 16, 2022 @11:18AM
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Solar and wind are fantastic, cheap sources of power, but they have their limits. They generate power when the sun shines and the wind blows, which is not necessarily when humans need it. We still aren’t very good at storing this power for use later, at large scales, in cost effective ways. So for now solar/wind needs to be paired with power sources we have greater control over, which mostly means nuclear, coal, natural gas, hydro, etc.
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Re:Nuclear power is too slow
by eternityforest on Friday December 16, 2022 @02:14PM
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By the time we cover all the daytime load with solar, they will probably have better batteries though.
Re:Nuclear power is too slow
by throwaway4aday on Friday December 16, 2022 @03:16PM
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By then we'll probably have figured out fusion too.