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Re:Belgium stops decommissioning nuclear power plants by pjc50 on Friday May 01, 2026 @04:30AM (#47972453)
Given the actual build times of nuclear plants in Europe, vs the renewables build out rate, we need solar and wind to tide us over for a decade or more before the nuclear plants come on line.
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Re:Belgium stops decommissioning nuclear power plants by Filligree on Friday May 01, 2026 @05:03AM (#47972623)
Solar and wind cannot do that. We'll need oil and gas to tide us over for that decade or more.
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Re:Belgium stops decommissioning nuclear power plants by pjc50 on Friday May 01, 2026 @05:09AM (#47972657)
Some gas, but we can reduce it by an order of magnitude. Either way nuclear is not coming online quickly.
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Re:Belgium stops decommissioning nuclear power plants by torpfactory on Friday May 01, 2026 @06:10AM (#47973001)
Solar and wind are scaling much faster than gas and oil right now. After the recent Iran war I think it would be insane to rely on new oil or gas. Yeah let’s rely on this commodity whose supply and price are controlled by the dumbest egomaniacs on the planet.
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Re:Belgium stops decommissioning nuclear power plants by i_love_retros on Friday May 01, 2026 @06:53AM (#47973265)
>Yeah let’s rely on this commodity whose supply and price are controlled by the dumbest egomaniacs on the planet.

Don't talk about Americans that way!

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Re:Belgium stops decommissioning nuclear power plants by torpfactory on Friday May 01, 2026 @08:27PM (#47982064)
We aren’t making a very good case for ourselves on the world stage are we…
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