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Re:Nuclear plants in the US keep closing by deeviant on Friday May 02, 2014 @06:26PM (#7688555)
No big loss. Energy storage is going to hit the scene big time in a very near timeframe, and the "but baseload!" arguments for nuclear are going to hold much less weight.
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Re:Nuclear plants in the US keep closing by tvladeck on Friday May 02, 2014 @07:13PM (#7688714)
No idea why this is downvoted. This is very true. Batteries are coming down the learning curve very quickly. Distributed storage and high-resolution demand response are very real possibilities. Especially if electric cars come online quickly. And this would eliminate a lot of the intermittency issues.
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