And again: Show me the insurance company willing to insure the risk of failure and it might change my mind
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There are functioning nuclear plants around, so presumably they exist already.
Even if they didn't, our urgent need for a stable fossil fuel replacement should cause governments to provide whatever insurance is needed. Even "old" nuclear tech is better than oil/gas. We need this.
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I don’t think you have addressed my point. You think the risk is acceptable, I don’t think it is. I’d much rather rely on renewable energy sources.
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I find the risk acceptable given that the nuclear track record is by far the best there is. As I said, even disasters included, nuclear has proven to be by far the safest energy source. Even the worst disasters have had far fewer fatalities than comparable ones in other sectors.
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To me, given the facts of the matter, and an agreement that we need to replace fossil fuels, and certainly given the promise of gen4 reactors and thorium etc, it strikes me as irrational to not support nuclear.
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Here is one good reason: Renewables cost 2-4x less than nuclear.
For the same amount of money nuclear costs, you could build a coal plant and spend the remainder on CO2 abatement and still end up with less emissions. Thats crazy
Considering the costs for nuclear, abatement can be done more cost efficient, emissions cannot be viewed isolated from emissions
To illustrate: for added cost nuclear compared
to coal you could buy CO2 quotas that would more than offset emissions from coal
#wind #Solar
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Renewables are fantastic, but they are not viable everywhere - they require specific geography, and take up lots of it, the energy produced is also intermittent. Nuclear can help in both these cases. We need all the help we can get to get rid of fossil fuels.
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Where is it nuclear can be built, but not renewables? Wind&Solar can be built onshore, offshore, on lakes, even low wind areas
Costs (~=political will) & speed are the limiting factors for the energy transition, renewables performs better even when factoring in intermittency 1/2
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System operators like German 50Hertz tiny.cc/6sq9rz and nitter.vloup.ch/klausvogstad/sta… so they must be confident it can be done, and that it is also the best (least cost) option. More countries are calling for plans on 100% renewables within EU euractiv.com/section/energy/… 2/2
Kraftsystemet i Australia kan fungere pålitelig og sikkert med 75% fornybar ifølge den australske systemoperatøren. Systemoperatøren selv sier det. Er det noen som kan vite dette bedre enn systemoperatøren selv? Neppe
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Germany had 48% of its energy sourced from renewables in the first three quarters of 2020. Not too shabby.
Sep 27, 2020 · 9:18 PM UTC
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