[lm28469]

> renewables are much much more cost effective

It's not a cost issue, it's an "intermittent and non storable" issue.

We don't need theories just look at Germany right now... Their last two nuclear reactors (max output 4GW) often produce more than their entire sun+wind system (max output 122GW)

https://mobile.twitter.com/fmbreon/status/148058947971495936...

[pydry]

They also have 6 GW of pumped water storage and interconnects to countries with 20GW more, with 8TWh of storage in total.

https://www.hydropower.org/country-profiles/germany