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Re:Google Funding Construction of Seven U.S. Nuclear Reactors by weberer on Monday October 14, 2024 @04:48PM (#41841818)
It sounds like they're talking about the difference between baseload power and intermittent power. Replacing fossil fuel baseload power plants can be done now. Replacing them with variable renewable energy sources would require some sort of breakthrough in energy storage technology.
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Re:Google Funding Construction of Seven U.S. Nuclear Reactors by JumpCrisscross on Monday October 14, 2024 @04:49PM (#41841829)
> Replacing them with variable renewable energy sources would require some sort of breakthrough in energy storage technology

No, it wouldn't. Batteries + renewables is proven and it works. The problem isn't a technological barrier. The problem is we need batteries for a lot of things and production can't ramp up fast enough.

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Re:Google Funding Construction of Seven U.S. Nuclear Reactors by BlueTemplar on Tuesday October 15, 2024 @05:09AM (#41846568)
I don't see how this is relevant ?

Technical barriers are always also resource availability barriers, since technics also condition both usage and availability.

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