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by TYPE_FASTER
3080 days ago
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> With the staggering drop in the cost of renewables and grid-battery storage I just don't see how nuclear has a bright future in any regard. Exactly. Nuclear plants are done, at least for the next 50 years. People don't want nuclear plants, whatever the reason. I can see the case for continued nuke research, but the negative PR and scare factor is pretty insurmountable. The coal industry had decades to invest in technology to make clean coal happen, and decided margins were more important. Fracking will be the next victim, as more communities start to ban it and understanding of the negatives grows. Same with hydro, at least in the US. We're only starting to understand the long-term effects of large dams. I know there are tradeoffs with solar and wind. The eco cost of solar isn't zero from a production standpoint. There are downsides to living directly under a wind turbine. But the decreased cost and increased adoption of solar and wind give me hope that we have a chance at staving off cataclysmic climate change. |
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