holy shit people stop fucking talking when you dont grasp a concept, nuclear energy is genuinely the most green energy there is by a longshot when all factors are considered.
This guy gets it
When do we get the next one.
Well, going off the article:
and a fourth is expected to begin operations in 2024
I wonder how many emissions could we have avoided if that money was spent on renewables + batteries while we were waiting for this powerplant to come online
Renewables + batteries? You wouldn't have saved any emissions. Construction of a nuclear plant doesn't require as much carbon emissions as you think. And regardless, nuclear isn't competing with renewables, anyway, it's for replacing carbon-emitting power plants. Nuclear and renewables need to work hand-in-hand if we want to actually reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions.
Not as much as what the NPP will save in the long run.
Nuclear power plants typically retire after 40 years. I wouldn't be surprised if replacing all the renewables and batteries after 20 or 30 years would still be cheaper than this nuclear plant
Nuclear is the best solution we have at the moment until fusion reactors work.
Wait until you learn about the horrific environmental impact of battery production. And the amount of slavery involved in their creation.
What's uranium mining like for the environment?
Not great but uranium can be mined in first world nations unlike cobalt which is mined by slaves in the congo. Nuclear is long term better for the environment than cobalt mining for batteries.
Renewables and batteries are great tools, we need to be building these out. Nuclear can best complement renewables with a stable, emission free, base load capacity. Nuclear has its own challenges, but renewables can not replace enormous load that's currently carried by coal and gas in the near or extended term.
Good.
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