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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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