2026-10-28 04:53 UTC
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@acosmichippo@lemmy.world 2026-10-28 05:31
The real bottleneck now is grids and storage. And turns out nuclear has a few competitive advantages over solar.
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@takeda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-10-28 05:31
It has its issues, but yeah currently it is the cheapest source of power, it got so cheep that individuals can build their personal power plant for their home. And we still have idiots fighting it. Even if you don’t care about environment (you are “drill baby drill” kind of person) it still makes sense economically.
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@stoy@lemmy.zip 2026-10-28 06:04
While very impressive, solar power is not the the ultimate power source. For us in the nordic regions we don’t get enough sun during the winter just as we need it. We still need nuclear power unless we make ourselves dependent on other nations for power generation and transfer. Just look at how Russia tried to hold Europe’s supply of gas hostage after the 2022 invasion of Ukraine, I don’t want us to ever be so completely dependant on another nation/entity again. “Oh, but we can use batteries!” Sure, but batteries degrade over time, meaning we will need a continous way to replace them, and since most manufacturers of batteries are located in China (same goes for solar panels) we will just become dependent on China for our energy needs, so we have replaced Russia’s gas monopoly with China’s solar and battery monopoly. Untill we have the ability to build and deploy solar panels and batteries at scale inside the EU we should be careful about giving up our current traditional powerplants.
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@Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2026-10-29 04:45
also nuclear needs billions in upfront costs, plus hiring all those scientists and technicians isnt cheap.