[elproxy]

Yup, a lot of the conversation around energy and electricity feels like we're not at all talking about the same things. A book worth reading on the subject: https://www.withouthotair.com/

[sir_bearington]

The book mostly focuses on raw generation figures. I see little to no writing on how to handle the intermittency of renewable sources.

Also, the 1,000 year figure for fissile fuel does not consider reprocessing which reclaims over 80% of fuel used.

[pydry]

Worth bearing in mind that it was published in 2009 & the author died in 2016.

A lot has changed since then - the costs he specifies, for instance, might as well be from the previous century.

Energy use has also decreased.

[pfdietz]

That author is long dead, and his assumptions are increasingly out of date.