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Re:Small modular reactors: Still too expensive, too slow, an... by pfdietz on Friday May 31, 2024 @05:24PM (#40540421)
Nuclear still loses to PV/wind even with those considerations. And it loses massively if you project those (especially PV) down their historical experience curves.

Seriously; do you really think the experts pushing PV/wind have not thought of this? It's been very well addressed.

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Re:Small modular reactors: Still too expensive, too slow, an... by p1mrx on Friday May 31, 2024 @07:34PM (#40541357)
The experts pushing PV/wind generally expect fossil methane to remain on the grid, or significant upgrades to long-distance transmission.
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Re:Small modular reactors: Still too expensive, too slow, an... by pfdietz on Saturday June 01, 2024 @07:07AM (#40544652)
Or substitution of e-fuels for the last residual gas use on the grid.

https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9837910

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