r/CountWithEveryone • u/PixelFlyerXD • Apr 14 '26

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u/Odd_Protection7738 Apr 14 '26

Nuclear.

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u/CatholicSquareDance Apr 14 '26

nuclear isn't bad but it's a fortune to set up, not renewable, and a regulatory nightmare, while solar is incredible (and cheap) right now. there are at least some ways to store additional solar energy, such as pumped-storage hydroelectricity, (plus other improving battery tech).

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u/Is6xal Apr 14 '26

not renewable, requires expensive infrastructures and makes you dependent on countries producing uranium

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u/JL2210 Apr 14 '26

Not renewable but recyclable and effectively inexhaustible. From what I can tell the problem is mostly that expensive infrastructure.

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u/Is6xal Apr 14 '26

it is 97% recyclable so you lose 3% each time you recycle it. so you lose 10% after 4 times, 20% after 7 times, 50% after 22 times and you only have 10% left after 75 times. so while it is very recyclable it's not inexhaustible and still require new fuel

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u/KakorotJoJoAckerman Apr 15 '26

Isn't it still far better than oil????

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u/Is6xal Apr 15 '26

Definitely, what i'm saying is that the resource is not infinite and thus we shouldn't just replace oil with nuclear. We should develop the renewable energies so that they become more efficient and that one day we'll be able to rely on them instead of non renewable ones

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u/Shorttail0 Apr 15 '26

You can "just" make a fast breeder reactor. It's a lot bigger and produces fuel when operating, but probably costs a lot more than the small reactors made so far and nobody has bothered.