But this basically is the reason why no one wants to build a nuclear plant. Such a power plant will basically run at a massive loss during high solar and wind energy supply. A nuclear reactor takes a long time to shutdown once the reaction has started. So it can’t dynamically scale the production based on market demands. A nuclear power plant cost at least $8 billion and 8 years to build and needs to be operating for 50 years to see a return on investment. But during those 50 years wind, solar and battery tech will obviously advance as well. It’s basically a given that a nuclear power plant is never going to make the investment back. Hence why no one wants to build one. And therefore the government should do it.

No one tell them that they can monopolize solar panels.

MIT thinking they're Doc Ock

I know how to store excess energy from kilowatt hours to gigawatt hours without using batteries, and only using cheap, inert materials.

President Rufas: hold my Midgar, I'm goin in

that's a ridiculous argument tho. of course you can. just very selectively choose who you sell solar panels to

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