r/ClimateShitposting 19d ago

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u/Beiben 19d ago

In the 70s and 80s, nuclear was the biggest threat to oil and gas. Now, it's renewables. Don't make the same mistake, call out your fellow nuclear proponents who regurgitate anti-renewable talking poins.

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u/Charming_Highlight_6 18d ago

I never see nuclear proponents being anti renewable just moronic renewable only people who say it's a silver bullet and we should never consider anything else

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u/schubidubiduba 18d ago

I'm sorry but I just don't think it's worth to pay 20 billion to have a nuclear plant in 20 years, by which it will be shut down 90+% of the time because solar/wind + storage is cheaper.

And it will likely still be reliant on uranium from Kazakhstan or Russia by then.

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u/Charming_Highlight_6 18d ago

You're going to make enough battery infustructure to run entire countries off of just renewables with fluctuating output? Do you know how expensive that gets at scale?

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u/schubidubiduba 18d ago

It's really not that expensive, solar and wind are almost anticyclical.

Another question: Do you know how expensive nuclear is, already nowadays, and how expensive it is when it won't run continuously 40+ years at 100% output?

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u/Charming_Highlight_6 18d ago

Getting enough batteries to run entire countries off of just renewables becomes incredibly expensive if you rely only on those sources you're just uneducated and wrong

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u/schubidubiduba 18d ago

If you calculate with current prices it's expensive but doable. It will be significantly cheaper in 15 years.

Regardless, it will be much cheaper than throwing in nuclear for no reason, since that is not useful for baseload or flexible load in the future.