The Picard Maneuver@startrek.website to Memes@sopuli.xyz · 8 months agoCan we please just have both?startrek.websiteimagemessage-square77fedilinkarrow-up1549
arrow-up1549imageCan we please just have both?startrek.websiteThe Picard Maneuver@startrek.website to Memes@sopuli.xyz · 8 months agomessage-square77fedilink
minus-squarePugJesus@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up11·8 months agoThis is the real problem. We shouldn’t shut down existing nuclear plants, but adding more in a period when renewables are advancing at a tremendous pace is just… not sensible.
minus-squareSemi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up9·8 months agoEspecially as the cost per megawatt of renewables is dropping precipitously and the cost of nuclear is actually going up
minus-squaremarcos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·8 months ago We shouldn’t shut down existing nuclear plants It’s currently more expensive to get a MW from a fully paid for nuclear plant than to get one from a new solar plant. What is still not a reason to shut the nuclear one down, but we are getting pretty close.
This is the real problem. We shouldn’t shut down existing nuclear plants, but adding more in a period when renewables are advancing at a tremendous pace is just… not sensible.
Especially as the cost per megawatt of renewables is dropping precipitously and the cost of nuclear is actually going up
It’s currently more expensive to get a MW from a fully paid for nuclear plant than to get one from a new solar plant.
What is still not a reason to shut the nuclear one down, but we are getting pretty close.