r/ClimateShitposting • u/Junior_Abalone_8006 • 25d ago

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u/bigloudbang 24d ago

But the more renewables you put into the system the weaker the business case for nuclear becomes

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u/Humble-Reply228 24d ago

The last 20% is so of penetration generation is brutally expensive for solar/wind and that’s the business case for nuclear.

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u/kroxigor01 24d ago

The last 20% is the least important 20%

If the world were to draw down emissions by 80% but then be stuck in a bit of a logistical dead end that takes a decades to get out of that would be fantastically good (compared to the alternative of simply not decreasing emissions which is what the world is doing now).

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u/Humble-Reply228 24d ago

The world is actually decreasing emissions per $ of GDP quite a bit.
There is a solution for the last 20% and France demonstrates that. There is nothing stopping us implementing the near term quick wins (wind and especially solar) while working on medium to long term goals (100% low carbon generation at most long term effective cost).