Re:Filling Nuclear Power's $5T Hole Is Beyond the Banks
by pfdietz on Sunday March 31, 2024 @11:04AM
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> It has been so far. Nobody has done it in a meaningful enough deployment to make a dent.
Nobody has done it because nobody has HAD to do it. If you're still allowed to burn some fossil fuels, it's not necessary. This doesn't mean it isn't possible, and it certainly isn't strong evidence it won't be possible.
And by "possible", I mean possible at an acceptable cost. Even you should agree it's possible at sufficiently high cost.
I will add that no economy has been nuclear powered yet either (not even France, where most of the energy is still coming from fossil fuels, if one doesn't limit examination to just the grid.)
Nobody has done it because nobody has HAD to do it. If you're still allowed to burn some fossil fuels, it's not necessary. This doesn't mean it isn't possible, and it certainly isn't strong evidence it won't be possible.
And by "possible", I mean possible at an acceptable cost. Even you should agree it's possible at sufficiently high cost.
I will add that no economy has been nuclear powered yet either (not even France, where most of the energy is still coming from fossil fuels, if one doesn't limit examination to just the grid.)