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Re:Google Funding Construction of Seven U.S. Nuclear Reactors by energy123 on Tuesday October 15, 2024 @03:03PM (#41851978)
They don't need to solve month-long dunkelflaute. You burn a little natural gas for that. The priority for climate change mitigation is to get to 97% carbon free soon, rather than 100% carbon free in 30 years. The AUC of emissions is all that matters.

Also, both li-on and sodium are cheap and getting cheaper, so the latter being more expensive currently is kind of moot.

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Re:Google Funding Construction of Seven U.S. Nuclear Reactors by cyberax on Tuesday October 15, 2024 @05:01PM (#41853075)
> You burn a little natural gas for that.

For that you need to have 100% of idle capacity just sitting there.

> The priority for climate change mitigation is to get to 97% carbon free soon

No, it's not. The priority is to shake down consumers to get as much money to Greenie cronies as possible. That's why Germany is straightforwardly _subsidizig_ new natural gas power plants. With a pinkie-promise to be "hydrogen ready", maybe sometime in 2030-s.

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