[olau]

I don't think you framed it correctly. What matters is always matching the consumption curve.

Due to high capital costs, that's really expensive to do with nuclear plants (that's why people talk about baseload, i.e. constant output). So you'd have to solve the same problem in an all-nuclear world - maybe the magnitude would be different, but's essentially the same problem.

You could even say that the 'why don't we all use nuclear power plants' is a bit crazy. :)

[DennisP]

That's why I think nuclear and solar are a good combination: nuclear baseload and solar for extra daytime demand. It won't match consumption perfectly, but it'll do better than either technology alone.