I think this graph of cost development is interesting. After the Fukushima accident the cost for nuclear rises because of fear, despite the technology evolution and prolong lifespan of some designs of power plants.

If we don't fear, it will go down again.

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Nuclear *should not* cost as much to build as Vogtle and Summer were.

This is where the political will aspect comes in. Much of the costs of construction involve delays and responding to petitions trying to prevent the plant from being built after it’s been approved.

Because the thing we do does not work that well for everyone.

Germany tries Energiewende, but the transition forced them to reduce the output by cca 25 % (which just offloads the emissions to China/India, where they use coal)

US are 180 out of 242 countries sorted by population density. It makes sense there, but other countries just don't have that much free space and if there is some, there is a good reason - like a desert or mountains, which is a bad place for a power plant.

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Reactors (actually the turbines) prevent blackouts.

We would be moving slower with nuclear, but if we began in 90s, Europe would be carbon neutral by now. We can be neutral in next 30 years or we can hope for a technological miracle with solars.

Let´s increase people’s consumption. What could go wrong?

5,31 is a nice number, but it is not the Musk number unlike 4,20.

We must wait for 42,0% at least.

I am strong proponent of nuclear power, because that is the only real solution with current technology.

We can see a lot of push to close coal powerplants, but if that means suppor and dependence on dictators, I’d rather mine at hope with higher standards on safety and cleanliness of the process.

You can see a situation in Germany in January 2020. The installed capacity was 110 GW, the peak demand was 75 GW, yet the renewables couldn’t cover the demand et all. (That does not include heat)

The “balancing of grid” can sometimes mean covering even 60 % of the demand or more.

Germany thought they could create a solution how to store energy in hydrogen, but after 20 years they failed and the battery solution does not seem that realistic at this time. You would need to store energy for months for a whole country and still you would need gas as backup ready.

No. I am not a robot, I am a cyborg.

Ok ok

But I don’t really know anything about electric cars and I don’t really care that much. I don’t even have a driving licence because I just don’t need a car. And in the apartment building where I live I just can’t have a home charger, so I am totally out of that market and I ignore them completely.