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minus-squareIchNichtenLichten@lemmy.worlddeleted by creatorlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·3 years ago over-build renewables, thereby making it extremely costly Compared to nuclear? Go check out the cost and schedule overruns for Hinkley C and then talk to me about cost. $40 billion and counting so far.
minus-squaresunbeam60@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down4·3 years agoNo, compared to the cost that proponents of an all-renewable strategy argue it would cost. Both nuclear and massive-oversupply of renewables are pricey. The difference is one works on a quiet night, while the other doesn’t.
minus-squareIchNichtenLichten@lemmy.worlddeleted by creatorlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·3 years agoShow your math.
minus-squaresunbeam60@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down4·3 years agoSigh. Really? I’ll show you all the world’s power grid planners, combined, making a choice to include nuclear in their decarbonised grid planning! But I’m sure you know better than all of them.
minus-squareIchNichtenLichten@lemmy.worlddeleted by creatorlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 years agoGo right ahead.
Compared to nuclear? Go check out the cost and schedule overruns for Hinkley C and then talk to me about cost. $40 billion and counting so far.
No, compared to the cost that proponents of an all-renewable strategy argue it would cost.
Both nuclear and massive-oversupply of renewables are pricey. The difference is one works on a quiet night, while the other doesn’t.
Show your math.
Sigh. Really?
I’ll show you all the world’s power grid planners, combined, making a choice to include nuclear in their decarbonised grid planning!
But I’m sure you know better than all of them.
Go right ahead.