Doing solar that’s several times faster to build, cheaper per kwh, and doesn’t require digging radioactive bullshit out of the ground seems like a better idea, no?
Solar is only cheaper per kWh if you take it in a vacuum. You need storage for times when solar generation isn’t sufficient alone… You know… the literal half of the day that the sun isn’t out. Solar + battery is not cheaper last I checked and won’t be for a while. Forget the “digging lithium out of the ground” since you want to bring up the next point…
doesn’t require digging radioactive bullshit
We have enough in currently accessible stockpiles for a long time… like a really long time. IIRC from current stockpiles we could last until 2100… So we’d have ~70 years to plan for either digging more or figuring out breeder reactors.
You do understand that you can’t quickly scale up nuclear production, necessitating storage for that too, right? Wind is comparable cost to solar too, and (depending on the area), does generate through the night.
The nuclear nonsense is pushed by the fossil fuel industry for good reason - it buys them an extra decade of being able to sell their product while people fight nuclear plants in their back yards that take years longer to build - all as we run out the clock to such a degree that we’re at the point of that narrate pivoting to “well it’s too late now - why dump fossil fuels?”
Doing solar that’s several times faster to build, cheaper per kwh, and doesn’t require digging radioactive bullshit out of the ground seems like a better idea, no?
The answer is actually both. Highly developed nations have huge energy demands and they’re probably going to need everything.
Not even close.
Solar is only cheaper per kWh if you take it in a vacuum. You need storage for times when solar generation isn’t sufficient alone… You know… the literal half of the day that the sun isn’t out. Solar + battery is not cheaper last I checked and won’t be for a while. Forget the “digging lithium out of the ground” since you want to bring up the next point…
We have enough in currently accessible stockpiles for a long time… like a really long time. IIRC from current stockpiles we could last until 2100… So we’d have ~70 years to plan for either digging more or figuring out breeder reactors.
No.
You do understand that you can’t quickly scale up nuclear production, necessitating storage for that too, right? Wind is comparable cost to solar too, and (depending on the area), does generate through the night.
The nuclear nonsense is pushed by the fossil fuel industry for good reason - it buys them an extra decade of being able to sell their product while people fight nuclear plants in their back yards that take years longer to build - all as we run out the clock to such a degree that we’re at the point of that narrate pivoting to “well it’s too late now - why dump fossil fuels?”
There is a proof of concept to beam solar energy from the space. Airbus is working on it, that could be a revolution.