• Habahnow@sh.itjust.works
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    9 months ago

    Yep. Yet, Climate scientists still believe that we need to rely on a combination of nuclear and renewable energy in order to combat climate change. This tells me we’re bad at it, and we need to get better at building and maintaining nuclear plants.

    • Franklin@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      Nuclear solves one of the biggest issues with renewables because the energy output can be adjusted.

      This in turn means that you need less energy storage capacity in order to supplant existing technologies.

      Honestly I’m just happy we’re moving away from fossil fuels.

      • BastingChemina@slrpnk.net
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        8 months ago

        Nuclear is a great supplement to wind and solar PV.

        Especially when the share of renewables get close to 100%.

        Going from 85-90% to 100% imply to almost double the capacity of renewables energy available, even with batteries and thermal power stations as a backup.

        On the other hand having 10-15% of nuclear really helps to stabilize the grid and lower the need to oversize the renewables power production.