derek
@derek
Why is nuclear becoming the energy darling when solar is so clearly better? Solar is already proven to work at a variety of scales, has little-to-no downside, and needs to only become more efficient and ubiquitous.
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Dan Romero
@dwr.eth
Base load. Batteries not there yet to solve for intermittency.
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@m-j-r
batteries are not critically necessary for energy storage.
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Dan Romero
@dwr.eth
How do you run stuff at night?
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@m-j-r
reclaim potential energy. that's why so much of the grid has to bleed, at scale, into hydropower. if someone could wave a magic wand instead, they'd choose fuel over batteries. @askgina.eth please criticize this
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Dan Romero
@dwr.eth
Environmental review laws and nimby won’t let that happen in practice.
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derek
@derek
Honestly, same argument applies to most renewable energy sources in any form. Regulation and mindset have to change for sure. I can’t imagine a bunch of folks want a reactor in their backyard either.
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Dan Romero
@dwr.eth
The difference is 20% of existing US power generation is nuclear and you could double the reactor capacity at existing plants without affecting new NIMBYs
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derek
@derek
100% we should. In my mind, it’s easily a both-and solution, not an either-or. I have just noticed a boyfriend meme from solar to nuclear and don’t get it. But AI companies and their contracts trickling down in influence makes sense.
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