@lntl@lemmy.ml to World News@lemmy.ml • 11 months agoBritish nuclear revival to move towards energy independencewww.gov.ukexternal-linkmessage-square85fedilinkarrow-up1165file-textcross-posted to: energy@feddit.uk
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minus-square@IchNichtenLichten@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish2•11 months 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-square@sunbeam60link1•11 months 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-square@sunbeam60link1•11 months 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.
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.