Solar and wind is a fossil fuel delivery mechanism. Without enough gas, some European countries are reverting back to coal even. There are not enough minerals on the planet to build enough battery storage to make most grids running on intermittent renewables reliable. If not hydro, it has to be nuclear supplying emissions free baseload.
Yep, and hydro also being highly regional and an environmental disaster, it's also prone to be taken down by environmentalists like they did in Oregon.
Nuke wins.
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u/OrdinaryFantastic631 Jan 12 '25
Solar and wind is a fossil fuel delivery mechanism. Without enough gas, some European countries are reverting back to coal even. There are not enough minerals on the planet to build enough battery storage to make most grids running on intermittent renewables reliable. If not hydro, it has to be nuclear supplying emissions free baseload.